R44 emergency Torres Strait
Word is there has been yet another "mayday" after power loss for an R44 operator in the Torres Strait. Required auto onto the water, restart(?) , hover to the beach above high water mark.
It makes 4 "events" in 2 years...2 engine power loss in the Strait, one hovering into wires while looking at crocodile, and one destroyed after rotor blade delamination in flight.
Can anyone confirm what actually happened on this last one?
Doesn't look good, for them or the industry.