Rotorcraft
TSB: Tool Bag Downed Canadian AStar
A Canadian AStar crashed after an externally mounted tool bag separated from the helicopter and hit the tail rotor.

The Dec. 14, 2017 accident that killed the pilot and all three technicians aboard an Airbus Helicopters AS350B2 was the result of a preform bag and its carabiner attached to an external platform separating from the platform and striking the helicopter's tail rotor, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) final report. The Hydro One Networks-owned helicopter was conducting power line maintenance near Tweed, Ontario, and crashed during approach to landing


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