AW139 lost tail taxying DOH
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What is AW139, and what are you saying? Whatever it is, it's tail just fell off? Just like that? Bet it was a surprise for the rest of this AW139! Amazing, the tail....just fell off. Would help if we knew WTHYATA!
Never believe your workmates. They are usually fools and lying anyway. I know someone who was told (by his workmates) as a joke that he was being made redundant. He went and gave his boss a mouthful.....and was canned as a result! Good joke! 'Mates' are nice, aren't they? Great sense of humour!
Never believe your workmates. They are usually fools and lying anyway. I know someone who was told (by his workmates) as a joke that he was being made redundant. He went and gave his boss a mouthful.....and was canned as a result! Good joke! 'Mates' are nice, aren't they? Great sense of humour!
popular helicopter used by many offshore operators, coastguards etc etc! Keep up with things 
Changing jobs unexpectently is a bummer ayye Rainboe!
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Agusta Westland 139 helicopter, reported to have lost tailboom (1) whilst taxying Doha (Qatar)
Many of my workmates do lie, the one I heard this from originally usually doesn't.
The guy I just talked to offshore said that it was the one I was going to be going out on today, the crewchange flight for the NKD (I cancelled as I had other stuff to do)
so, 2 independant sources . . . .
If you don't understand the terminology, I suggest you look it up rather than have a go at the OP
(1) Tailboom, rear part of a helicopter, usually carries the tail rotor. in cases of unplanned departure usually leads to crew and pax requiring at minimum, change of shreddies.
Many of my workmates do lie, the one I heard this from originally usually doesn't.
The guy I just talked to offshore said that it was the one I was going to be going out on today, the crewchange flight for the NKD (I cancelled as I had other stuff to do)
so, 2 independant sources . . . .
If you don't understand the terminology, I suggest you look it up rather than have a go at the OP
(1) Tailboom, rear part of a helicopter, usually carries the tail rotor. in cases of unplanned departure usually leads to crew and pax requiring at minimum, change of shreddies.
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Mmmm .....
Curiouser and curiouser ......
There have been numerous AW139 tailboom skin delaminations (for some time now)... but for the boom to come off (if this is not an exaggeration) ....
I smell an AD in the "pipeline" ... so to speak!
Curiouser and curiouser ......
There have been numerous AW139 tailboom skin delaminations (for some time now)... but for the boom to come off (if this is not an exaggeration) ....
I smell an AD in the "pipeline" ... so to speak!
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For all most people know- it could have been an Airbus A340 flight AW139. It did not occur to me that we could have been talking about helicopters, about which I know little or nothing (along with most readers), and after all, isn't there a section for Rotorheads anyway? They are not really believable things, and offend the laws of nature anyway, which is why there is a special section for addicts to indulge their strange passion. Why in R&N amongst normal people- see the confusion you create when you are let out?
You reckon Bell designed the tailboom?
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Whatever it is, it's tail just fell off?
The front fell off :
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Mmmmhhh, silence from all the usual sources....rumor initiated by LMSLB...reminds me of the aviation rumors that get started by the medical side of an aeromedical operation.
Keep at what you do for a living gentlemen.
Keep at what you do for a living gentlemen.
it could have been an Airbus A340 flight AW139. It did not occur to me that we could have been talking about helicopters,
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Before you go shooting me down for believing 2 of my work pals, give this some time . . . . .
It was a flight I should have been on, I have lost close friends to flying incidents, I fly (as slf) about weekly and have done for the past 26 years.
I have the utmost respect for the guys who work rotary here and have no wish other than to know what happened and what will be done to ensure it doesn't happen again, both for the guys in the front of the bus and those of us in the back (who by didn't of _having_ to fly to work are as much affected by this as anyone else).
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It was a flight I should have been on, I have lost close friends to flying incidents, I fly (as slf) about weekly and have done for the past 26 years.
I have the utmost respect for the guys who work rotary here and have no wish other than to know what happened and what will be done to ensure it doesn't happen again, both for the guys in the front of the bus and those of us in the back (who by didn't of _having_ to fly to work are as much affected by this as anyone else).
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Heard from Agusta customer service rep about this today so it's legit. No details other than Agusta is sending a team to investigate. Does anyone have any info on who the operator is and serial number, date of manufacture, TTAF?