DB
I know the risks of being in the avoid curve, I am afraid accidents happen, I certainly wouldnt want to be in the heli basket 150 ft under a 355N doing line work here in the UK. In the US the guys are normally put on to the line with a 500 rather than hovering with a guy underneath.
So question is DB how often do helicopters come down from engine failure compared to other failures ? A work collegue was killed along with engineer when their 355 had a gearbox seize, Didnt really make much difference in the avoid cuve or not or 2 engines come to that. Same with the tail rotor on a 355 in S wales a few years ago
Interestingly the 369 was in the avoid curve but the pilot was not killed. One would think that with US litigation that having someone dangling on a longline was OTT and insurance companies would not go with it let alone The FAA.resumably FAA think it is safe