Report of findings from Vichais' tragic accident

It's unlikely that they were anything but disabled and not necessarily conscious.
The 'marriage' of a ceramic bearing eating away at its metal housing suggests a design flaw.
 
Oadlad said:
It's unlikely that they were anything but disabled and not necessarily conscious.
The 'marriage' of a ceramic bearing eating away at its metal housing suggests a design flaw.
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True, but the possibility - however remote - that some of them could have been saved if the helicopter had landed differently and not been engulfed in flames adds a new layer of heartbreak to this story. It's still so painful to even read about it.
 
I went down there on the Sunday morning. People were just starting to lay flowers and shirts and scarves near the Club shop.
All you could smell was a petrol smell all over the whole area. I still remember that smell like it was yesterday.
 
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Six other helicopters were found to have the same fault afterwards. Tragic luck of the draw that it was Vichai’s that found it.
 
Susan Whelan has correctly been much-maligned for her performance over the past couple of years, but credit where credit's due – there's some good words at the end of the Beeb article.
 
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