>>7952902 PB
Are there IDs on the mountain bikers that saw the crash? They may want to stay in the light.
Mountain bikers witnessed the helicopter "in distress"
before it crashed
into a mountainside in Calabasas on Sunday morning.
AnonymousTuesday, January 28, 2020 at 6:57:00 PM EST
A question nobody has asked: some mountain bikers that were within 200 feet of the crash saw it "falling" out of the clouds and impacting the terrain. They have photos published of the fire and said a door from it landed within 10-15 from them with a lot of debris being thrown around. Add to this the fact that the radar return data shows a vertical descent rate of about -4000 FPM, and one has to wonder what happened. The bikers did say they said it sounded unusual for a chopper. The question is was that a mechanical failure or a spatial disorentiation getting the helicopter out of control? The pilot being IFR rated and many hours in the S76 seems the latter the less likely. But only the NTSB will tell us for reasonable certainty in their conclusion report a year or more from now. I will say this accident investigation will be bumped up in priority to find a cause not because of the celeb factor, but because of the S76 factor and it being popular with corporate and offshore oil drilling companies. A lot of VIPs fly in them and if there is an unknown mechanical threat like from a maintenance repair, the FAA needs to know about it immediately.