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See Post# 46.
Further from EC:
As a complement to the information provided on August 24th at 3.41 am (French time), please find the latest information made available to EC:
- The helicopter has sunk and is near the coast, recovery procedure has been launched and the wreckage may be on shore in the next 72 hours
- The 2 pilots are amongst the survivors, they will be interviewed today by the official investigation team
- It is confirmed that this 332 L2 aircraft was equipped with a Main Gear Box with a carburized vertical shaft, this shaft is not the nitrided shaft involved in the two EC225 ditching.
Eurocopter is dispatching immediately 3 experts who will be on site on Sunday August 25th. They will reinforce the local EC team who is already in contact with operators, press and authorities.
At this stage Eurocopter is not recommending AS332 L2 flight suspension without further details coming from the recovery of the aircraft and the official investigation.