All a bit close to home, same helicopter and same company that provides our offshore access.
Video I saw on this mornings news shows the main rotor fully intact but separate from the helicopter slowly spinning to earth. Very bizarre failure. They have an endemic gearbox lube oil problem that is mitigated for, but if a gearbox was to fail and seize you still shouldn't get a rotor departure like that.
The offshore worker in me is a bit concerned, the ex Aircraft Tech in me is very interested in hearing the failure cause.
Our are all grounded, and I'm due off in 4 days
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