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In newer Astars the fuel shutoff valve was moved to the ceiling. Most helicopter operations are flown so low that there simply isn't time to do an engine restart (manually). Some helicopters, though, have an "Auto Relight" feature, when a sensor sees that N1 has dropped below a certain level the engine ignitors fire off automatically to hopefully get the engine re-lit. I've flown probably three dozen different Astars in various models over the years (B,BA,B1,B2,B3) but I've never seen engine relight in one. Not that it doesn't exist.
His flare did look a little flat but again I wasn't sitting in his seat at the time, don't know what the wind was doing, etc. I don't want to second guess his actions.
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