Attempt to sort out IB db update failure
Well years ago I had the engine of a Bell 206L self destruct in a most unexpected and spectacular manner.
I had just spent 40 minutes inserting crews into 3 confined areas in the bush and had just departed camp to return to the area with the second crew over unbroken forest and small lakes.
When Mr. Turbine resigned I just happened to be nearly overhead an abandoned sandpit into which I was able to do a successful 270 auto thanks to the 206L doing that so well.
In my case I call that luck - 206 auto rotational capabilities and the good training I had received notwithstanding.
When I refer to luck in this case I call the good sea state and proximity of rescue vessels the same thing.
I in no way try to take away from the professional conduct of the crews or the seaworthiness of the 225 when ditched.
I just think that it could just as easily have happened to another aircraft, elsewhere, in a worse environment. Hence luck, fate whatever you want to call it playing a roll.
Last edited by albatross; 26th Nov 2012 at 14:53.