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Old 30th Sep 2011, 11:40
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Furia
 
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Hi!
Do we have any further information related to the inflight inflation of the flotation system on a 139 on the North Sea?

I have tried to find some additional news on the web with no success.

The Operator I am flying with have the NTO from Agusta allowing the possibility of not having the floats armed while off-shore in some specific conditions and I am quite interested in learning a bit more about what happened with that "inccident"

Was the helicopter really flying with Floats NOT ARMED? Are they operating under that NTO from Agusta?

Do they have a clue why the system triggered the floats?

At what speed where they flying when this happened?

How bad was to regain control of the aircraft?

Did they made a dictching or they continue to destination or to an alternate?

I have not been able to find any information about this event in the AAIB website neither.

Can someone bring some light into this? Would be most welcomed
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