TERRIBLE CRUCIBLE
An engine turbine that overheated and literally melted led to the crash of a 1978 Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama helicopter that was dropping water on a northern Colorado forest fire, according to investigators. The July 30 accident killed Gordon Knight, a pilot for Geo-Seis Helicopters Inc. (AW&ST Aug...
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