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In the paper it just said they had to lower the gear using the emergency method, so no big deal (mind you, it is dangerous to believe anything you read in the paper!).
In the paper it just said they had to lower the gear using the emergency method, so no big deal
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The engineers got it down while the aircraft was in the hover. I have a couple of pics taken by a friend but I don't have a hosting account and I am not signing up for one. I will email them if someone wants to post them?
OK so there is the normal method, the emergency method (blow down) and the extra-emergency method (engineers pulling on it whilst hitting it with a hammer!).
Evacuating the pax in the hover - oops, one of them slipped and is now underneath the helicopter with a broken ankle!
No, the only correct procedure to keep the interfering client happy would no doubt been to have them beamed out, or maybe use the time machine to go back and select a different aircraft.
No wonder the industry is in the state it is in - far too much time spent appeasing the ignorant client instead of getting on with doing the job safely.
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So what did they propose as an alternative? Continue to hover whilst completing risk assessment paperwork -oops, ran out of fuel!
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There was a similar incident at Redhill with an A109 and David Cameron. They decided to get him out from a low hover.
David Cameron jumped from helicopter in landing drama - Telegraph
David Cameron jumped from helicopter in landing drama - Telegraph
No Gnomes there though - it's a Wessex Mk1 with a single Napier Gazelle engine.