Originally Posted by
2 Blade
Tragedy has already struck. Pprune won’t let me post a link, Google:
A25W0084
L3 shed a M/R blade this summer in the Canadian Arctic...
The Canadian 206L-3 loss was also referenced from post #472 onwards in:
Helicopter crash New York City
As I noted there, one of the photos shows the helicopter didn't throw an entire blade as the accident summary implied, rather seemingly only part of a blade or blades.
The sooner these investigations report findings, the better.