Well, to confirm the facts and figures - Yes it is largly true. Up in the East Shetland Basin a couple of weeks ago, a Bristow Super Puma (Tiger) hit what we think was a water spout which basically sent the aircraft all over the place with some very nasty noises and vibrations as the tail rotor hit the pylon. . .. .As a result there was a hole just big enough to put a clenched fist through in the tail pylons skin and damage to most of the tail rotor blades although I believe only one had a major chunk taken out of it. Thankfully, it didn't shake itself to pieces and they got back to Scatsta OK to inspect the damage.. .. .The aircraft in question was one that Bristow have fitted with a new type of 'Black-Box' which will give a lot of easily accessible data on what happened to the helicopter during those nightmare seconds, so it will be interesting to see that info when its released.