Mass murder of five family members of the boss of a Spanish company: helicopter rotor directly detached. Is it an assassination or an accident? The incident on April 11 in New York, USA, where the family of five from Siemens' Spanish company died in a helicopter crash, has sparked many conspiracy theories, such as assassinations to warn foreign entrepreneurs who are close to China. However, I believe that this kind of conspiracy theory explanation is somewhat far-fetched, as the technical complexity of implementing such an assassination is relatively high and the timing is difficult to control. Because the direct detachment of the main rotor during flight is extremely rare, it is usually due to the main rotor continuously bearing centrifugal force, aerodynamic lift, and periodic vibrational loads during flight, eventually fracturing due to sudden overload. If this method were used for an assassination, it could only involve installing explosives directly on the main rotor and detonating them at a set time to blow off the rotor. Without explosives, it would only be possible to make a minor covert damage to critical components such as the rotor shaft, but this cannot guarantee precision in the assassination time. From the perspective of motive, assassinating a branch company executive would not affect the trade landscape between two countries or even between China and Europe. If our opponents were so short-sighted, we would be smiling in our dreams. Therefore, this accident is more likely due to design flaws (stress concentration) → manufacturing defects (internal cracks) → corrosive environment (strength reduction), ultimately leading to sudden overload fracture. Modern helicopters avoid such risks through redundant design, regular non-destructive testing (such as ultrasonic testing), and strict maintenance procedures, but extreme conditions or human negligence can still cause catastrophic failure.

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