ADA AW139 Ditched?
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139 ditching
The skipper is experienced and he did the right thing, crew is well, passenger is well, it is a good day! Aircraft is expendable. Crew and pax are not!!!! Well done!
Flat water to have gone upside down!"
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Seems like the crew experienced high transmission temp (assume MGB).
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island.
(These details come from UAE RCC.)
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island.
(These details come from UAE RCC.)
Seems like the crew experienced high transmission temp (assume MGB).
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island.
(These details come from UAE RCC.)
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island.
(These details come from UAE RCC.)
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(But I think that the preliminary info concerning this accident is reliable...)
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TukTuk second thought
The aircraft made a controlled ditching 4 minutes or approx 8NM from the closest island.
Last edited by TukTukDriver; 30th Apr 2017 at 14:34. Reason: Typo