Message posted by Griffon_314 on May 03, 2011 at 18:51:01 PST:

I think the possibility of a deliberate hard-landing is very remote in this case.

a) SOAR uses fast ropes for rapid insertions like this - much quicker than exiting a crashed helo, and much less likely to injure the passengers. And plenty fast enough.

b) This appears to be an as-yet undisclosed version of the H-60, or (less likely) an entirely new undisclosed helicopter. (I'll provide details in another post). So very unlikely the plan was to leave such a sensitive bird behind.

In Reply to: Re: Helicopter used in raid posted by Andre' M. Dall'au on May 03, 2011 at 16:42:11 PST:

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