
The fuel transfer pumps on a Eurocopter EC135 had been switched off before both engines flamed out and the helicopter crashed into a bar in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people, the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) says.
Accident Investigation, Helicopter Safety
Investigators don’t know why an EC135’s fuel transfer pumps had been turned off before the police helicopter crashed into a Glasgow bar.
by Linda Werfelman | January 6, 2016
The fuel transfer pumps on a Eurocopter EC135 had been switched off before both engines flamed out and the helicopter crashed into a bar in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people, the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) says.
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