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Old 8th Feb 2006, 19:45
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One 76 in South America crashed due to a head failure/blade spindle failure.

Fix was made.

Bristow lost one that killed Jerry Hardy and some other folks.

Second fix made that worked.

Early models were prone to kill opposite engine when the first one went to pieces.
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