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Old 2nd Dec 2013, 11:58
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Captain Calamity
 
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What dreadful luck if it turns out that the crew survived a low altitude night autorotation only to perish as the roof caved in shortly afterwards.

I recall that there used to be Lynx at Portland that was used for training after a crash with loss of the crew. Most of the airframe was immaculate, and it was hard to believe that it had been written off in a high energy impact. The problem was the nose - a few thin struts and some plexiglass do not offer a lot of "crumple zone", and it was significant intrusion of the nose/instrument panel that made the crash unsurvivable.

I wonder just how much protection the front of an EC135 would offer as is toppled forwards through a roof, especially if the crew were unstrapped and ready for a hasty exit?
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