I think the fact that on the 4th day after the event all EC225s are still flying as normal and AAIB/Type Certificate holder on scene and on the case it is a fair assumption to rule out a mechanical failure!!!!!
Listening/reading to all eyewitness accounts I for one have not lost any faith in the machine I operate for the moment.
This is not just about rumours, its about making a valued judgement to continue as normal pending the outcome of the inquiry.
The HUMs system has done a fairly robust job in erradicating in-service rotable component failures. It is downloaded and analysed after each and every flight.
Whatever happend that night the crew should be commended for their safe and successful evacuation in what all of us who operate over the sea know... is the ultimate nightmare scenario!!
I just hope the aim is not to BLAME.....but to learn as much as we can from the incident.