Air Crash Investigation ---- Helicopter Down ---- Part 2

Video Title :	Air Crash Investigation ---- Helicopter Down ---- Part 2
Description :	Sixteen oil rig workers' and two pilots' lives hang in the balance when their Super Puma helicopter is struck by lightning in a storm while flying to the Brae oilfield. The lightning strikes the tail rotor and it fails. The pilots perform an emergency autorotation and ditch in the sea. Everyone on board gets on a life raft, which is overcrowded and leaking in giant swells. Despite the conditions, the workers and pilots are rescued. The lightning struck due to the composite materials in the rotor blades, raising concerns among the investigators; more than 50% of the structures of the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787 then being developed are slated to be composites, while the Airbus A380 is designed to be 20% composites.
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Rating :	4.72
Keywords, Tags :	Air crash investigation documentary part helicopter
Video Length :	9 : 58

Comments :

thx :)

these peoples are brave to go out there.

i work offshore in the north sea, the possibility of this happening never leaves my mind

wow Dipressing

Well, for some people its a 2 week/3 week routine. Depressing if you dont take notice.

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