Looks like it should buff out.....

Don't be silly... You'll obviously need a couple of rolls of bodge tape too....

More photos here...
 

Miraculous escape for crew as military helicopter crashes in field | Mail Online

Much damage evident, tail boom broken, no blades, and carrying an internal auxiliary fuel tank - good to see that the mounting bolts held this time. Interesting that an eye-witness described seeing smoke in flight.

Most of all, I'm glad the crew are safe.

Predictable, I know, but any news on the bird? Was she a local lass?

SGC

Do you mean 'total loss' ?

Anyone want to lay money on the cab being the one with the most hours left? Some poor fleet planner has just had a little nuclear explosion on his desk!

Puma fleet
 

Well i wonder what JHC will be thinking now, i am pleased no one was hurt but does call into question the PUMA as an operational air type. Keeping the record of one crash a year before long it will take the Lynx accolade of "the widow maker"

JHC...
 

Bishy,

JHC don't do "thinking"... they're experts in the "knee-jerk" department. Fact.

Anyway, more importantly, I'm glad the crew are OK.

Looks like Puma turns over but fails to start to me. (Again)

save the taxpayer some moolah on the upgrade and drive a forklift through the remaining fleet..death traps the lot of 'em!

>Thank God the pilot steered away from the orphanage and primary school<

No doubt he bravely wrestled with the controls during the death plunge -- which was of course also a tailspin -- and narrowly avoided a playground, a convent and a football stadium.

Bit harsh Sir, had 3 great tours on the Puma :ok:

No doubt you contributed in a massive way to the £6.3 Billion pound deficit in equipment with the amount of bodge tape you must have got through trying to seal the nose bay up in that period. :p


Flew a bloody long way before crashing then...... :ugh:

We always had a little man who did that for us so goodness knows what it cost :p

How do we know the bird hit the Puma? For all we know, the Puma hit the bird. Bet no one has informed the bird's NOK!

Maybe the bird is just a red herring....oh nuts, that would be a fish!

Loving the efforts by the Mail's graphics team:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...05_468x397.jpg

Wonder if the birds name was Wendy:

Wendy Haus, because it appears she has not hung around. Speculative I know, but there for all (not) to see, and what goes around.........

But how does that compare to Wales or football pitches, the usual comparators

No main rotor blades on it either but no-one's suggested they came off in flight...