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Old 30th Apr 2004, 03:54
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Nigel Osborn
 
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Missed the channel 7 news but this incident reminded me of a 212 stuff up on the North Sea.
A BEAS 212 came in to land on the late Piper A. Down below on the S 702 we saw its blades stop but the engines were still going! The sharp pilot realised he had just suffered a transmission failure, switched off & tied the 212 down. That night a gentle 60-80 kt breeze came up & broke the tie down, spun the blades up which then beat the hell out of the tail boom. Next morning a work boat took the 212 into Peterhead where unfortunately the crane dropped the 212 from about 30 ft!
So from a little transmission failure, the 212 was now fairly well pulverised and spent many months in Coventry being rebuilt!
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