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Old 14th April 2025 | 22:44
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ShyTorque

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That looks like a catastrophic failure of the roof of the fuselage. Horrific.

My first thoughts, on seeing the video of the accident, was that one of the forward gearbox attachments had broken, allowing the gearbox to rotate backwards and for the blades to chop the tail. It now seems far worse!
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