Another airplane crash.

[seminole97]

Yep.

Likely the best 2 helicopters on the planet, with the best 2 military pilots, in good nighttime conditions, flew in to get Bin Laden and only 1 made it back.

Compare that to some tourist trap helicopter.

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That pilot was landing inside a small, walled compound and clipped the wall with his tail.

The location in Nevada was at 1,200 m (4,000 ft) elevation—chosen to test the effects the altitude would have on the raiders' helicopters. The Nevada mock-up used chain-link fences to simulate the compound walls, which left the U.S. participants unaware of the potential effects of the high compound walls on the helicopters' lift capabilities.

The walls at the real deal trapped the downdraft air, screwed up the helo's lift, and contributed to the accident.

This helicopter over the Hudson came apart. I think this ends up being a maintenance issue.:

 

[3boysmom]

Get ready for the conspiracy theories. The husband just said that the tourists on board the helicopter were the CEO of Siemens in Spain and his family.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

That pilot was landing inside a small, walled compound and clipped the wall with his tail.

The location in Nevada was at 1,200 m (4,000 ft) elevation—chosen to test the effects the altitude would have on the raiders' helicopters. The Nevada mock-up used chain-link fences to simulate the compound walls, which left the U.S. participants unaware of the potential effects of the high compound walls on the helicopters' lift capabilities.

The walls at the real deal trapped the downdraft air, screwed up the helo's lift, and contributed to the accident.

This helicopter over the Hudson came apart. I think this ends up being a maintenance issue.:

You couldn’t pay me to get in a helicopter.

 

[Joes Place]

You couldn’t pay me to get in a helicopter.

Did the helicopter tour of the volcanoes in Hawaii years ago

It was pretty awesome.

 

[seminole97]

You couldn’t pay me to get in a helicopter.

I would totally do that for a job. I think from the pilot perspective it’s more interesting than flying a plane. A plane wants to fly if you’re going fast enough.

 

[seminole97]

 

[MitchLL]

So, has it been verified pilot was a DEI hire?

 

[seminole97]

WTF?

Following the tragic incident, Michael Roth, CEO of New York Helicopters, confirmed that the helicopter ran out of fuel just minutes into their journey.
He recounted what could be one of the last radio calls made by the pilot before the crash. "He [the pilot] called in that he was landing and that he needed fuel, and it should have taken him about three minutes to arrive, but 20 minutes later, he didn't arrive,' Roth told The Telegraph.

 

[seminole97]

I wonder if the main rotor severed the tail when it separated from the helicopter?

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

The part i never got about poseidon was how the ship was clearly upside down, but there were these large parties of passengers and crew that just insisted they needed to proceed "down" to the deck level. I mean how stupid can you possibly be? I'll tell you how stupid: Cruise Ship Employee stupid. As in hiring Roddy McDowell to be your bartender.

My recollection was they were going to another end having reach a dead end where the hull was thin. They headed to a thicker area to see if there were rescuers there. The Bow I think they didn’t survive

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

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He was blaming the pilot without saying it