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Old 17th May 2016, 21:05
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Kawijet
 
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After reading the initial report, the picture of the Suspension Bars look suspicious to me.
Someone has already stated this on here already but it is very interesting - something does not seem to add up.
The photograph of the detached rotorhead lying on the hillside with the suspension bar sticking up, shows NO bracket. We can then assume the bracket is still connected to the fuselage. However, in the report photographs, it shows the Suspension Bars, brackets and all pins in good condition. Now that is impossible! In order for the suspension bar to become seperated from the bracket (as we see in the rotor head picture as it was found) then either the bracket eye has broken releasing the bar, the pin has sheared releasing the bar or the bar ends have broken. NONE of these things have happened!? So how did it seperate if all components are present and correct?? And its unlikely the accident investigators removed them as some have previously suggested, as the other bar is still complete. Also the final photo of the report shows the suspended rotor head with bars attached - surely they would have re-instated the bracket for that photo if they had previously removed it? The only explanation is it has been incorrectly assembled, but even then if the pin did fall out, what are the chances of finding both the pin AND nappy pin in the wreckage? Either that or that is not the pin, nappy pin or bracket.....

Something doesn't add up here.
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