This is why we drill hover checks daily in training.
Helicopter looked fine mechanically… all human error. Sad.
The Bell 407 is solid, but environment + habits killed this flight.
23 prior flights to the same platform… habits get dangerous fast.
Platform design literally turned a light into a death trap.
So preventable… really makes you respect procedural discipline.
Fatigue is a silent killer in aviation. This proves it.
RLC had multiple accidents before… why wasn’t this fixed?
Dynamic rollover is simple theory, but deadly in practice.
Enclosed lifeboat? That’s not fast enough in emergencies.