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Old 9th Dec 2013, 17:33
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Grenville Fortescue
 
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Originally Posted by Arkroyal

I note that apart from a reference to the 'silence' refered to by the eyewitness, nowhere does the report state that the engines were stopped.
No, but it does say:

Preliminary examination showed that all main rotor blades were attached at the time of the impact but that neither the main rotor nor the fenestron tail rotor were rotating.
And which is certainly food for thought.
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