Ascend Charlie - Those I have spoken to are coming to the same conclusion that the circumstances surrounding this accident are very very very similar to the one that killed a good friend of mine, Simon Green, in Wanganui Aero Works, UH1H not that long ago.
Have got some calls into those down in Southland and will see what comes back. As the paper reports NZ has had a lot of ex mil helos go down since 2001 and its scary.
Autorotate.