Merlin Fails Cold Soak Trial
Three Merlin’s failed a ‘Cold Soak’ trail in the Highlands recently. They had apparently taken to the air in a ‘sucker’s gap’ after a desperate call of help from a family in the Balmoral area.
It seems two of the cabs lost engine control after their fuel lines froze leading to emergency landings. The third suffered a catastrophic tail rotor failure (not the first, see separate thread), resulting in the loss of the cab.
It would appear that some of crews survived but as they had not been on the Winter Survival Course, they quickly succumbed to the elements.
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