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Halifax......some proper cobbles!
It was the relay plane, not the helicopter.
The various helicopter and moto cameras transmit to a plane at about 10,000ft. Obviously it's quite a specialist bit of kit, not something that can be easily swapped around at short notice.
The plane suffered an engine failure and had to make an emergency landing - actually a genuine "oh shit" emergency landing which obviously meant no live pictures at all and only recorded footage available much later on once everyone was back at base and could download the footage.
From the comments on Twitter at the time you'd have thought the world was about to end, outraged of Yorkshire tweeting that the free product they were trying to enjoy wasn't being provided.
I heard that ASO were ready with a replacement helicopter, but there was a French Air Traffic Controllers strike which prevented them . . . . . .
ASO had problems with their TV helicopter, and there were no pictures on day 2. That was a shame. The TV coverage was back on the 3rd and final day.
Presumably a problem like that is a one-off, although very bad. It probably merits a mention by Verity/in the article.
Watched the first day, then forget what happened, it went offline or something the next day. Gave up after an hour. Useless.