Digging through my faded memory....the one that was so permanently damaged while drinking Gulder with the Dino's for so many years....brings to mind the following.
The Night Casevac.....was it not reported by the pilot....that a cabin door open light had illuminated....and later bits of the tail rotor, quarter door....and a body of one of the passengers was recovered. The first attempt to use an ROV resulted in the loss of the ROV. Supposition was a cabin door had come open....the passenger may have tried to close it....as there were no door stops installed....the door had slid off and hit the tail rotor thus bringing down the aircraft. Collateral issues were the flight following....or lack of....and the delayed report of the loss of the aircraft to the operator.
The Eket Crash circumstances pointed to Human Factors and suggested there was no mechanical malfunction. Supposition was it may have in fact been a case of suicide?
The latest event....the ditching seems to have gone all quiet....which generally suggests Pilot Error or other human failure.....as if it were an component failure....some sort of AD, SB or Alert Letter would have been issued. Did not the audio of the video have a statement where someone was talking about ...."We just keep coming down...." wonder who said that?
The absence of news.....creates a vaccuum which both Nature and Pilots hate!
Last edited by SASless; 26th Jan 2010 at 13:06.