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Old 11th Sep 2011, 09:47
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skadi
 
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It's interesting to note that the rotor RPM must have been very low (as you would expect) when the blades contacted the building - there is comparatively little damage to them.
As you can see on the pics, the load ( 800kg ) is still attached to the helicopter and maybe that this fact slowed down the forward motion on the "slope" to give more time to bring down the RRPM?

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