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Old 28th Oct 2014, 04:07
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Jimny
 
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The final report was just published, no T/R shaft failure, the engine was the problem:

http://www.bfu-web.de/EN/Publication...ublicationFile

skadi
Cheers for the link, we're a couple guys who have been waiting almost 2 years to know what happened that day. Actually many of us have flown that very route from Lübeck to Sweden (with the Romanian operator which was considered as friend by most), but it was in a B1 or B2 with floats and survival gear (life raft and suits).

Large bodies of water are regularly crossed on those survey missions and one does wonder why a more powerful helicopter with floats wasn't used (obviously the price but this event has cost a lot more than money, leaving a least one widow and two orphants).

Does anybody what helicopter is being used today?
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