Anyone recognise this accident? Or is it made up?
From an article in the Daily Telegraph today. I can spot about 10 issues that don't make sense and I don't recognise the description.
"On the day of the crash, weather conditions were ideal: temperature 17C, SE wind at six knots and no cloud cover. As we hear from the crew every time we get on a plane, safety is paramount, and it was chilling to read the catastrophic error summed up in the report with the modest phrase inadequate pre-flight engine inspection. Pilot error had been excluded as a causal factor. The legal firm representing three survivors of a helicopter crash had instructed me to assess its impact on their psychological health. The air accident report stated that the helicopter’s engine had cut out about an hour into the flight. The black box later confirmed that the pilot and co-pilot had identified a field a short distance away for an emergency landing, but they were losing altitude too fast. Instead, they smashed into the side of a hill. Four tons of metal met granite, the cockpit splitting from the passenger cabin on impact. The report described how the tail rotor sheared off, with the acute tilt causing passenger D (female, 47) to be propelled through the open door into the rotor blades, resulting in decapitation and dismemberment. The pilot and co-pilot (males, 41 and 32) were killed on impact, their bodies crushed inside the cockpit. Passengers A, B and C (female, 29; males, 47 and 24) were thrown clear when the rest of the helicopter tumbled down to the foot of the slope. To my astonishment, the accident investigators reported that all three of them sustained only minor bodily injuries. Nothing was said about any psychological injuries. That was going to be up to me."