Which raises questions in my mind about what the effect of an identical accident on an EC145 might be.
I know that the items below the engine/tail boom have been changed and it might be that the rotor blades have been changed to a design that will shatter more readily but the fact appears to remain that there is a basic 117 still up top.....
Would it be possible to incorporate a 'fracture line' between the old and new structures to facilitate a measure of crashworthiness... and might it be a safe option to have a heavy roof section [engines/blades etc] set loose in that manner?
.... Nick...?