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Re:I know how hard it would have been to escape the helicopt... by madengr on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:34AM (#16611852)
You can descend safely with engine failure; it’s called autorotation. Sounds like they probably did so, but the floats were not properly inflated. Also a harness catching a fuel shutoff switch; bad. So many small things that can go wrong, compounding to fatalities.
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Re:I know how hard it would have been to escape the helicopt... by elliottcarlson on Sunday March 18, 2018 @12:04PM (#16612561)
You can even see, in captured footage, that it descends fine, and then starts to turn to its side due to the floats not being properly inflated.

https://twitter.com/JJmagers/status/972974463175286784 for the video.

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