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| Thread ID: 109131 | 2010-04-25 22:55:00 | Helicopter crash | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 879896 | 2010-04-25 22:55:00 | So there was an NZ air force helicopter crash: www.nzherald.co.nz Don't know why it crashed but if the pilot accidently crashed, would the pilot be charged? Because i've seen in the news before that when a person crashed into a Power pole with their car by accident, the police charged the driver with dangerous driving even though it was an accident. P.S I do NOT agree with charging people with anything if they have an accident. |
lance4k (4644) | ||
| 879897 | 2010-04-25 23:10:00 | The point being? Charging anybody is not going to give three men back their lives. And if there's any witch hunt to be embarked upon, let's wait until those remaining - family, friends, colleagues and the wider community, get over their grief. :( |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 879898 | 2010-04-25 23:12:00 | lance4k. You have failed to note that the pilot of the helicopter is actually dead thus the likelyhood of him being charged seems rather slim to say the least. Maybe the pilot crashed on purpose rather than by accident even. Who knows and it's useless speculation on your part once again. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 879899 | 2010-04-25 23:15:00 | Latest reports are saying the chopper hit the south facing hill. That is a bit strange considering they were flying south. | Zippity (58) | ||
| 879900 | 2010-04-26 01:12:00 | Looking like they got lost in the mist and whcked into the side of the hill. I have had issues with low cloud flying near there myself after crossing Cook Strait. Was a little surprising because there is plenty of space to your right right over to D'Urville Island and the highway/rail line/coast is a good indicator flying down there. I am guessing but maybe the 3 choppers were flying ion some sort of formation which precluded him from keeping seaward. Weather related crashes will always happen in NZ its an atrocious place to fly in VFR. As they said about weather at the Aero club "if you have time to spare go by air". And famous hunter Rex Forester"helicopters are accidents waiting to happen". |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 879901 | 2010-04-26 01:27:00 | I would say the pilot got disorientated due to low cloud and not being able to see the horizon. I was in a Mooney many years ago as a passenger and we were flying in similar conditions when the pilot got disorientated and start flying in the wrong direction. If it wasn't for the guy in the co-pilots seat convincing the pilot we were flying in the wrong direction I probably wouldn't be here today. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 879902 | 2010-04-26 01:35:00 | Too true Trev something to do with the middle ear. They say you have less than a minute to live flying in cloud with no instruments before you CBD (crash burn die) after a spiral dive. Instruments like artificial horizon are fine if you train regularly instrument flying. No training no use when you need it it in cloud you wont believe it and still CBD just a bit later. There a classic CBD trap on desert road where if you miss the pylons you end up a dead end valley above Taupo |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 879903 | 2010-04-26 02:40:00 | I think it is best to wait and see what the investigation reveals as to the cause of the crash. | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 879904 | 2010-04-26 03:01:00 | I think it is best to wait and see what the investigation reveals as to the cause of the crash. Probably the hill |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 879905 | 2010-04-26 03:43:00 | This is such a sad tragedy. On ANZAC day heading to an ANZAC service. They mentioned these guys at all the services. RIP. Secondly, they are the Air Force, they would not be charged by the police. If anything they would be court-marshaled. |
Cato (6936) | ||
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