Why not replace the MGB?
So now the latest incident has been put partially to bed what is the fallout in Brunei, Malaysia and beyond?
Is it true that the S92 needs to be leveled (preferably in the hangar) to replace the Main G/Box? Also that an overhead gantry is desirable due to the minute movements to set the gearbox in place in the mounts?
What would the consequences be if the aircraft lands with the same or a similar problem on a beach or golf course (where pilots love to land due to food, beverages and telephone access) in a country where a sky crane is not available?
What about on a production platform? 24 hours or similar to recover the aircraft or production is stopped. Now forgetting the costs involved in stopping production and the point where it saves money to heave the aircraft off the helideck. How do you level the aircraft and is it possible to use the angled crane gantry offshore? Aircraft jacks on a 13 tonne aircraft on a helideck? Crane operations may damage the helicopter or maim an engineer as offshore even in warm climates it is a lot more different than in a nice well furbished hangar? Crane operators onshore tend to be heavy handed and inaccurate (nearly lost fingers before) are they any better offshore when precise movements are required?
Finally if they reach the point where the S92 has to be placed on a barge to return onshore before drastic action is taken by the production manager, how do they lift it? Do they have the strop available that was used here? I suppose the rotor head is written off as well?
Anyway more than 2 weeks to recover the aircraft here, it can't all be blamed on the "relevant authorities" can it?