RAF rotary crash Snowdonia
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RAF helicopter fire on Snowdonia peak after technical issue - BBC News
The third one down shows its not going to 'buff out', just a Chinny lift to the scrappies.
Well done to the team, a decision well made and well executed. Hopefully, they will all get to the bar tonight at Valley to reflect on a job well done.
RAF helicopter fire on Snowdonia peak after technical issue - BBC News
The third one down shows its not going to 'buff out', just a Chinny lift to the scrappies.
Well done to the team, a decision well made and well executed. Hopefully, they will all get to the bar tonight at Valley to reflect on a job well done.
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So that'll be 5 main rotor blades, 7 long range fuel tanks, 18 strops, 4 winches and a multitude of other smaller items written off inventory then 
Glad everyone is OK and as for buffing out, granite is pretty resilient and a good rain shower and you will never know it was ever there.
I hope they were able to drum up enough cash between them to get the train back down the mountain, or some marshmallows to toast.
Glad everyone is OK and as for buffing out, granite is pretty resilient and a good rain shower and you will never know it was ever there.
I hope they were able to drum up enough cash between them to get the train back down the mountain, or some marshmallows to toast.
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Engine snags!
"Forced landing due to eng snags".
Must have been pretty serious engine snags to cause it to catch fire and burn out. There's two engine fire bottles plus the cabin bottles.
Must have been pretty serious engine snags to cause it to catch fire and burn out. There's two engine fire bottles plus the cabin bottles.
The news report/MOD says "five" but this picture shows six.
EDIT: BBC news link was updated, so question answered, thanks all.
EDIT: BBC news link was updated, so question answered, thanks all.
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From the BBC link...
From the BBC link...
The MoD said five people - four military and one civilian - were on the helicopter at the time, while another person involved in the training exercise was already on the mountain.
It said the exercise involved the helicopter picking people up and putting them back down.
It said the exercise involved the helicopter picking people up and putting them back down.
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There were 4 mil peeps onboard + one Cobham. There was one other on the ground.
It was indeed a Cobham Helo Services cab, like all the Griffins.
There will be an SI, rather than a civil inquiry, according to the RAF.
Nobody (neither RAF nor Cobham) seemed to know whether there was an FDR/CVR on board
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There were 4 mil peeps onboard + one Cobham. There was one other on the ground.
It was indeed a Cobham Helo Services cab, like all the Griffins.
There will be an SI, rather than a civil inquiry, according to the RAF.
Nobody (neither RAF nor Cobham) seemed to know whether there was an FDR/CVR on board
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Deffo Cat 5. 
Still, easier to replace an airframe than the people, so still a 'good' result.
Still, easier to replace an airframe than the people, so still a 'good' result.
At least the crew didn't have to worry about getting a fire started to keep warm. And with a pall of smoke rising from the top, it probably didn't take long to find them either.
Though I do agree that recovery of the wreckage will be an interesting one for the crash'n smash team.
Though I do agree that recovery of the wreckage will be an interesting one for the crash'n smash team.
Be interesting to read what the root cause of what seems to have been a sudden and intense conflagration that the on-board extinguishers could not deal with.
Good to read that no-one was harmed.
Good to read that no-one was harmed.
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More on the Beeb site from the Llanberis Mountain Rescue
I don't envy them trying to figure out the root cause from that.