All good stuff guys.
Helmet Fire, I agree that the 2 might be unrelated and coincidental but I can assure it definately wasn't roll out. 80% of our work is lifting.Our lifting chains are attached to the belly hook of the aircraft....never the load directly.The lifting chains are attached by a shackle of a specific size that would preclude this.
Thanks for the link John I hadn't seen that one before.
The hook type is A25LT.Standard for the AS350. I've talked to the other main lifting company up here,they're investigating any previous incidents (not totally sure if they'd had anything similar),but they'll get back to me shortly.I'll keep you posted.
Cheers
arm the floats