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Old 11th Sep 2017, 13:57
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gwelo shamwari
 
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Off the top of my head... (all twins at night, multiple variants, mostly CFIT)

Slovakia - Police (Bell 429)
Canada - ORNGE (S76)
USA too many to mention but... Air Methods Corporation - KidsFlight 1 (BK117), North Memorial Center (A109E), WI Med Flight (EC135)
Ireland - Coast Guard Rescue 116 (S92)
Scotland - Police SP99 (EC135)

I would love to see the industry only operate twin multi-crew aircraft with Cat A performance at 20,000ft. But lets not manipulate the facts to justify our preferences.

A second engine does not prevent poor decision making, poor CRM, poor procedures or mechanical issues. This accident was clearly due to an operator "bending the rules" and extremely poor decision making.
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