Swedish Helicopter Crash


6/21/05 - STOCKHOLM, SwedenI got this footage from last week. In the paper they say the "video showed the rotor blades of the Lithuanian-registered MI-2 helicopter hitting a tree, then clipping the top off a lamp post."I never noticed the lamp being cut down, but you can clearly see it if you focus on it. This was the guy's birthday present, a helicopter ride! Instead he got a helicopter ride to the hospital.







Channel: Autos
Uploaded: June 28, 2005 at 4:41 am
Author: slvgdvg

Length: 00:01:30
Rating: 4.44
Views: 5214290

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Video Comments:
mkarnerfors (December 2, 2008 at 6:37 pm)
*sigh* You weren't there, you didn't fly it... all you have is a video and highsight.
rexcars27 (December 2, 2008 at 6:05 pm)
Cant you just turn the key off and get out?
stevenabb (December 2, 2008 at 11:01 am)
Honestly... look at the video clip from 21 seconds to 30 seconds. Are you really saying he could not power down in that time frame. He does have pitch and yaw control. His lateral motion is minimal. I stand by my comments that he could have set it down. He had 20 prior seconds of "hmm... why is my chopper not going up?" If you are able to recover into a reasonably static hover 3 feet above the ground and you could not obtain lift after 20 prior seconds of try... PUT IT DOWN.
mkarnerfors (December 2, 2008 at 10:57 am)
But sure... since you know so much better, call the Swedish Accident Investigation Board and tell them that their investigation is flawed and that you, from watching a YouTube video, know so much better than they do.Go right ahead... I dare you.

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