Cyclic yes I know, but that tragic accident is nevertheless unrelated to this one from a technical point of view.
Totally disagree. It absolutely seems that Eurocopter use the HUMS to provide a layer of technology in conjunction with blurry guidlines which allow the manufacturer to say "hey if the operator just looked at the technology we provided everything would be ok"...
The problem with that is you are using tech to cover up flakey mechanicals and when the technical specialisms are such that the manufactuer knows more than the authority its not hard to see how they can cloud issues.
Its a very dangerous situation.