Helicopter down

RickC Sniper · 11-22-11, 11:24 PM

One of those "What the hell was he thinking things."

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ee-in-auckland

Glad no one was hurt though.

Jimbuna · 11-23-11, 03:09 AM

Very lucky (taken in context)

TarJak · 11-23-11, 06:03 AM

Video shows how lucky he was: http://media.smh.com.au/news/world-n...h-2790976.html

Herr-Berbunch · 11-23-11, 06:15 AM

Vid is also at the bottom of the original link. Wow, if you're going to crash a helecopter that's the way to do it! Hope nobody got hurt from the debris - quite a lot of people nearby.

TarJak · 11-23-11, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Vid is also at the bottom of the original link. Wow, if you're going to crash a helecopter that's the way to do it! Hope nobody got hurt from the debris - quite a lot of people nearby.

True but the slow motion in the one I linked to show how much he was thrown about in the cockpit a little clearer than the OP.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-23-11, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

True but the slow motion in the one I linked to show how much he was thrown about in the cockpit a little clearer than the OP.

Had problems watching that one, I'll try again in work later.

Jimbuna · 11-23-11, 08:41 AM

Over in the blink of an eye...as quick as that

Rockstar · 11-23-11, 08:41 AM

I don't think he ran into anything. I looked and looked but couldn't see any of the tower's cable stays even give a twitch when the helicopter buckled. There was a hoisting cable or something dangling from the left side of the aircraft which seemed tighten up just before it went down. Maybe it got caught up in the rotor wash.

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Osmium Steele · 11-23-11, 01:23 PM

Couple of years ago, a medivac pilot was doing touch an gos on the roof of a local hospital. He hit a wire and wnet down hard on the roof.

The instructor and he got out ok and ducked behind a low barrier on the roof as the helicopter melted in the flaming fuel. No ne was hurt.

All that remained was a flat metal slab and a few pieces of the main rotor that flew across the neighborhood.

Oberon · 11-23-11, 01:46 PM

There's a video on the tubes showing a helicopter, a Chinook installing a monument on a bridge for the 1988 Olympics in South Korea, unfortunately just after unhooking the monument the Chinook descends and hits its rotors on the monument and smashes into the bridge and into the river. It's pretty horrific, needless to say the pilot and crew were killed, and out of respect for them I won't post the video here, but a quick search will find it.

This guy was very lucky.

Jimbuna · 11-23-11, 06:09 PM

Rgr that

RickC Sniper · 11-26-11, 02:35 PM

New footage.

They are saying the guy on the ground flipped a cable attached to the helicopter and caused the crash.

Jimbuna · 11-26-11, 05:41 PM

I couldn't see that but it may be my poor eyesight.

Dowly · 11-26-11, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I couldn't see that but it may be my poor eyesight.

On the second video RickC Sniper posted above your post, look for the right-hand guy
wearing the red vest. Just over his right shoulder you see a guy doing a yanking
motion just before the helo goes out of control.

Jimbuna · 11-27-11, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

On the second video RickC Sniper posted above your post, look for the right-hand guy
wearing the red vest. Just over his right shoulder you see a guy doing a yanking
motion just before the helo goes out of control.

Ah, right....I was actually looking at the guy on the left

11-22-11, 11:24 PM	#1
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Helicopter down One of those "What the hell was he thinking things." http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ee-in-auckland Glad no one was hurt though. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

11-23-11, 03:09 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Very lucky (taken in context) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-23-11, 06:03 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Video shows how lucky he was: http://media.smh.com.au/news/world-n...h-2790976.html Last edited by TarJak; 11-23-11 at 06:18 AM.

11-23-11, 06:15 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Vid is also at the bottom of the original link. Wow, if you're going to crash a helecopter that's the way to do it! Hope nobody got hurt from the debris - quite a lot of people nearby. __________________

11-23-11, 08:41 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Over in the blink of an eye...as quick as that __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-23-11, 08:41 AM	#8
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I don't think he ran into anything. I looked and looked but couldn't see any of the tower's cable stays even give a twitch when the helicopter buckled. There was a hoisting cable or something dangling from the left side of the aircraft which seemed tighten up just before it went down. Maybe it got caught up in the rotor wash. . Last edited by Rockstar; 11-23-11 at 10:54 AM.

11-23-11, 01:23 PM	#9
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Couple of years ago, a medivac pilot was doing touch an gos on the roof of a local hospital. He hit a wire and wnet down hard on the roof. The instructor and he got out ok and ducked behind a low barrier on the roof as the helicopter melted in the flaming fuel. No ne was hurt. All that remained was a flat metal slab and a few pieces of the main rotor that flew across the neighborhood. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

11-23-11, 01:46 PM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	There's a video on the tubes showing a helicopter, a Chinook installing a monument on a bridge for the 1988 Olympics in South Korea, unfortunately just after unhooking the monument the Chinook descends and hits its rotors on the monument and smashes into the bridge and into the river. It's pretty horrific, needless to say the pilot and crew were killed, and out of respect for them I won't post the video here, but a quick search will find it. This guy was very lucky.

11-23-11, 06:09 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rgr that __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-26-11, 02:35 PM	#12
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	New footage. They are saying the guy on the ground flipped a cable attached to the helicopter and caused the crash. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

11-26-11, 05:41 PM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I couldn't see that but it may be my poor eyesight. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!