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According to eyewitness accounts of yesterday's disaster, only the main rotor of the helicopter was not operating at the time of the crash...
Larry R. Retta, a spokesperson for the Army Safety Center at Ft. Rucker, Ala, said yesterday that the failure of the main rotor may have been due a faulty transmission...
...time of the crash, the aircraft was heading west towards Cambridge when it suddenly banked to right and fell at a45 degree angle. The rotor was not turning at thetime of impact, observers said...
Utilities Construction Coordinator David M. Barber said the main rotor was motionless as the helicopter fell. His account essentially agreed with Sturgeon's: "The only thing running was its tail section...It made almost a 180-degree spin. It spun around relatively quick...
...camouflage and will need more food, more unfrozen water, more heating fuel. Miles of white netting will be required to shroud olive-drab military gear. Snow fouls weapons, and cold air produces large clouds of condensation when the weapons are fired, making it easy to pinpoint the shooter. Helicopter rotor blades whip up mini- blizzards that can blind pilots...