re: Three LSU Phi Mu's die in helicopter crash with billionaire Chris Cline

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I thought one of the articles already said they were taking an ill person back to his home in Palm Beach

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NY Post says that.

So wild arse speculation, but . . .

Sleepy pilot not accustomed to flying at night. He’s under time pressure to get a sick kid to a medical facility. He misses a step in the checklist (fuel-related?) and loses power while low and slow (and heavy).

Tries to auto rotate but does not deploy EFS. Maybe he doesn’t have time. Maybe his reactions are slow because it is two am.

That’s my WAG.

Nothing but sorrow for the families and those poor terrified people who drowned in a dark cabin, the horror of which is not lost on me. I hope speculating on the cause does not seem callous.