Street Lighting
There certainly does appear to be many conflicts of evidence, primarily the lack rotor damage which suggests little to no rotation on their impact with the pub roof. Yet the less-than-expected damage to both pub and aircraft suggest that the descent was in some way under a degree of control. Eye witnesses have stated that the main rotor was barely moving which would preclude an autorotation.
I have a home workshop and know the dangers of discharge lighting in such a setting. At certain speeds , rotational equipment such as lathes and drills can appear stationary when in operation – potentially very dangerous – any why I use only conventional incandescent bulbs.
In the modern street environment there is much use of high intensity discharge lighting. Could it be that the eye witnesses were deceived and there was indeed significant rotation prior to impact with a resultant degree of control – it was just hidden by the 50Hz lighting?
Last edited by Jetdriver; 5th Dec 2013 at 16:19.