Originally Posted by
Never Fretter
Truth is the 525 is maybe a 332L replacement. The Helihub point is more that the 525 should be marketed on its merits.
Airbus never said a mechanic screwed up as you put it. You are just showing your prejudices by that interpretation.
Absolutely, if you follow the other threads here on that one you will see that there are seven potential scenarios, some inter-related. The suggestion that this whole thing was caused by the omission of a safety pin suffers from the a total lack of evidence to date but relies on other people's interpretations of a rather vague AH statement. In addition the chances of it being caused by a single event such as this seem very small at this stage (fatigue has been found in a gear stage and is being further investigated). Have a heart for the people who worked on this machine who are going through a very difficult time