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Old 6th Jul 2010, 01:38
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There are no present efforts to salvage the TR assembly. Not even a police or fire launch to secure the area.

Those in the know will recall a few years ago, one of the rear sliding doors of a Eurocopter belonging to the local Government Flying Service detached in flight over Hong Kong harbour. The Fire Services diving search team were sent in and after a couple of weeks of exhaustive search found the door several kilometres down stream of the detachment point, such was the strength of the current. The incident was never reported in the media.

It is therefore surprising that the media is saying that salvage operations will only commence after the dislodged components are catalogued in order to assist recovery efforts. It's not that hard to identify the boom fairing even if the blades have disintegrated, is it ? Sounds to me like someone is really dragging their leg.
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