Engine failure during rescue work
I do not have the excact details but this week an Austrian helicopter had to drop a member of a mountain rescue team hanging underslung into a nearby lake after experiencing engine governing problems.
The helicopter made a successful emergency landing on a nearby airfield but the man is still missing presumed drowned after falling into the lake carrying all his mountain rescue gear.
I do not know the type of helicopter they where using and what the problem was excactly but I would be interested to hear what procedures pilots use to safely land with someone hanging underneath them if they experience an engine failure.
All Austrian mountain rescue helicopters now use a underslung technique and not a winch to rescue people of mountains to give them extra space (they don't need a dedicated winchman) in the helicopter (EC135).
Any comments???