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Manufacturing Defect Caused Bell 206L Blade Separation

A report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has detailed how the main rotor blades of a Bell 206L separated in a November 2011 accident. (Photo: TSB)

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

January 6, 2014

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says in a December 2013 report that a manufacturing defect by a vendor for Bell Helicopter caused eight feet of a 206L LongRanger’s main rotor blades to separate in flight on Nov. 2, 2011. The pilot and two passengers were killed when the aircraft, operated by Sunrise Helicopters, subsequently crashed shortly after takeoff from Kapuskasing in Ontario.

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