Finally, some insight into last year's
AW609 testing incident, courtesy of
HELiDATA News:
The second prototype currently remains based at Cascina Costa in Italy, having recently reflown following repairs after an incident late last year due to a reported in flight software failure. This is said to have led to a severe tail sideslip and apparent blade strike on the wing, causing an emergency diversion to the nearest airfield, which happened to be a base for Alenia Aermacchi, another Finmeccanica subsidiary.
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