The word right now is that they lost the engine at approximately 400 feet on takeoff. It had just had some maintenance, and completed a maintenance flight just prior to this.
The pilot involved is one of their most experianced and recieved some pretty good injuries. The observers injuries were not that bad. It appears that after they hit the ground, the helicopter slid on its left side.
Last edited by HeliMark; 8th Oct 2002 at 16:18.