Thanks bovine for the spelling check; not a word I use much. As for the 'rotating' and 'stall' stuff: I was mentioning them as separate issues ie if it was a drive failure why was the fenestron still turning? and if a loss of TRE (if the blade pitch angle is such that the flow separates and results in loss of TRE, is that not a form of stall?) why did that persist after the ditching, and indeed become worse?
I agree with the last remarks, there seems to have been a bit to much emphasis on looking like a "cool" outfit rather than operating with safety in mind. If they'd been out at sea the casualties may have been much worse (drowning).
I suspect that even with the publicity shy Chinese/Taiwanese authorities, Eurocopter will be keen to get to the bottom of this, and release the findings to counteract concerns after such a widely seen accident.
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