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Old 9th Dec 2013, 17:48
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The surreal bit is the rotors not turning.

The reportedly undamaged engines stop, the gearbox is fine, and the rotors stop.

It looks as if the helicopter came down almost vertically with the fuselage more or less pitch-neutral.

Where was the collective during the descent? And why?
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