Simviation Forum - OMG!! Helicoper crash in New Zealand

Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 3:42pm

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I know this should be on Videos but I thought to start a good discussion about helicopters function and how dangerous they could really be

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what could possibly went wrong?

I always think that Helicopters has too many pieces ,I saw a tutorial few days ago (I didn't understand How it moves from left to right back and forward ) then I saw all those movable pieces ,The more movable part the more dangerous and risk

Caught on camera the crash

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Reply #1 - Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 9:01pm

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Looks like they clipped the guy wire or part of the structure. Fortunately, they were quite low hovering at the time.

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Reply #2 - Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 10:45pm

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A man in the background pulled on a cable, the rotor hit it & it cut through the fuselage. The pilot's alright thankfully.

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Reply #3 - Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 10:54pm

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Some new footage. Better angle so you can see what I was referring to.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Chopper-pilot-had-20-years-experience/tabid/309/articleID...

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Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 11:40pm

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I live in Auckland.

This was pretty big news last night on TV. I bet the cause of the accident was a gust of wind. The last couple of days here have been windy as hell.

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Reply #5 - Nov 24^th, 2011 at 7:06am

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andy190 wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 10:54pm:

Some new footage. Better angle so you can see what I was referring to.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Chopper-pilot-had-20-years-experience/tabid/309/articleID...

whao!!

so that guy wit the wire will have to respond for about 80 million dollars plus putting at risk all people around jezz! Shocked

I supposed that think that make the Cat in jealous in the middle of the night sound is the turbine blades

thanks goodness every one are well and the pilot ..

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Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2011 at 2:57pm

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I live in NZ & they say the CAA is going to spend three months investigating. All you need to do is watch that news clip to see what happened. I feel sorry for the guy who pulled the cable.

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Reply #7 - Nov 25^th, 2011 at 3:04pm

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I would be asking what the helicopter pilot thought he was doing attempting to operate in such a restricted area. He's an extremely lucky man to be alive. A crane would have been more practical & far less expensive.

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Reply #8 - Nov 25^th, 2011 at 3:14pm

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Hagar wrote on Nov 25^th, 2011 at 3:04pm:

I would be asking what the helicopter pilot thought he was doing attempting to operate in such a restricted area. He's an extremely lucky man to be alive. A crane would have been more practical & far less expensive.

Thats what I thought. Huh

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