Helicopter Crash

 
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Post by theo » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 7:47 am


 
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Post by MURDOC1 » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 8:40 am

theo wrote:Here is a better video of it
Thanks theo, much better video, can clearly see what happened in this one...

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 9:10 am

Looks like the person underneath tugs on the guy wire for the tower...
That person was very lucky...
The cameraman crossing the shot...
The one that got away...

 
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Post by Freddy » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 12:45 pm

I'm surprised in the article they say they're not sure what caused the accident. It's pretty obvious that the helicopter blades hit the cable that was attached to the bottom of the 'copter. The cable went from the 'copter to the top of the tower. As the helicopter got closer to the ground it forced the cable closer & closer the the blades. I'm just wondering why they did what they did. Why was the cable still attached to the tower? And/or, why was the pilot getting so close to the ground? All in all... we humans do make mistakes. I trust they learned from this one.


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 12:57 pm

Yes cable got in the way...
But the cause of the accident was...
Who...
The pilot...
The ground crew...
The administrator who planned an LZ that close to a tower...
The load should have been winched up so the copter did not need to be that close to a guy wire...
But the small copter just uses a strap, no winching due to limited weight capacity...
The guy under the chopper looks like he might be trying to push the guy wire away from the blades...
In a futile attempt to save the chopper...

 
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Post by samhill » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 2:28 pm

That pennant line or strap could be 50 or 100 ft.long with very little weight difference, the choppers used for that kind of work have an electric hook that can open & dump a load if they get into trouble. No need to get that close to the lift or anything on the ground.

 
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Post by SteveZee » Mon. Nov. 28, 2011 4:15 pm

samhill wrote:That pennant line or strap could be 50 or 100 ft.long with very little weight difference, the choppers used for that kind of work have an electric hook that can open & dump a load if they get into trouble. No need to get that close to the lift or anything on the ground.
Agreed, that was unneccesary to be that low.

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