Helicopter Crash
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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...
That person was very lucky...
The cameraman crossing the shot...
The one that got away...
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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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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...
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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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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Agreed, that was unneccesary to be that low.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.