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Old 31st Aug 2011, 01:41
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Outwest
 
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Can one of our Portuguese speaking pilots translate this? I used Google, but as usual it is not easy to follow.

I'm confused on the time line of the events.
If Google has not lead me astray it looks like as they were climbing thru 1800ft they reported a hydraulic problem and asked for an emergency landing in Macae. Then stated that they were returning to the rig. There is mention of loss of both #1 and #2 hyd systems. There is also a mention of the shut-off valve being activated at 22% oil level (#2 sys)

OK, so if the tail rotor blade separated and a second later the whole TRG departs, I can see the hyd lines being severed and loss of all oil from #1 and all but 22% of #2.

But if this was the case, I can't imagine the crew reporting a hyd problem and asking to land another 50 miles away.

Finding the blade only 500 meters from the TRG seems strange as well, if again the TRG departing caused the loss of oil.

So, what came first, the hyd fluid loss or the blade departing?
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