On 5 November 2006 an AS332L2 operating offshore Malaysia crashed into the sea during an ARA, with one fatality (the captain). At the time there was information to suggest that the crew were not aware that some AP modes had disengaged due to the reducing airspeed.
What a terrible shame it is that the full findings of the accident report were not made public. If the Malaysian DCA published accident reports in the interest of aviation safety, as the AAIB do, lives could quite possibly have been saved.
