To reiterate on some of the "shock horror" stories put forward about landing lights and RAD ALT.
Contrary to what some have quoted the LANDING LIGHT always works so long as the BAT MASTER is on.
The steerable SEARCH LIGHT is on the SHED BUS.
There is a rather large placard plastered all over the panel that says in "Autorotation" RA Not Active. It has been there
since before this accident or at least on the one I fly.
This is a twin engine helicopter - if you want to operate it as a single then.......... I guess it's up to you but hardly
wise or legal for that matter.
The question that remains is how someone managed to "paint themselves into a corner" which just shouldn't happen.
The probability of what happened is or should be highly improbable and is evidenced in how many million flight hours?
If the probability of a double engine failure, low level, at night over a built up area was high then things would be done
differently no?