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Old 17th Dec 2012, 11:19
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Looking at how intact the main rotors are, it looks to me as though the rotors were close to stopped when the a/c went into/under the water, which would indicate an engine failure with an auto to ditching and pulling the rpm down to nothing after the flare for splash-down.
Normally when the blades hit the water in a controlled ditching, the torque effect rips everything to pieces and rolls the cabin over...
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