Quote Originally Posted by Groggy
The pilots are trained to settle the aircraft in the water, then pull the remaining pitch to slow the rotors as much as possible. They then roll over to use the water to take the remaining rotor energy. If you are lucky the transmission won't tear free and mix in with the passengers. If you are even luckier the rotor won't behead the pilot as they thrash themselves to pieces.
Looks like something went horribly wrong.....chopper hit the water with nose down and rotors under full power....you can see why the pilot copped it. Cant see any floats deployed either (assume theyd have 'em fitted) so pilot cant have had much time to deal with the emergency. They were on a safety training flight so I guess most of the passengers would have had a bit of training and possibly done a HUET.

I cringe every time I board a chopper and see the carbon fibre beheading device spinning above my head.