An interesting and very slick film about a unique situation. Airbus have now removed the part involved in the two occurrences. Additionally, they have introduced new sensors and sensibly restricted operations to minimise the possibility of recurrence of any of the identified failure modes. Operators can go one step further of course; by not using the 225 at all they can guarantee no recurrence. However, even that will only eliminate the risk in the 225. MGB failure can happen in all helicopters not just Super Pumas; managed risk is part of every life in helicopter ops. But most take the view that in the current economic, HSE and industrial relations landscape, completely removing the 225 is their safest bet. Unless and until the actual failure mode can be identified and removed from the equation Super Puma ops are likely to remain a minority sport.
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