Helicopter down - South Korea July 2014
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Helicopter down - South Korea July 2014
BBC reporting helicopter down in South Korea.
Below from ABC News website:
Below from ABC News website:
A firefighting helicopter crashed Thursday near an apartment complex and school in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people, officials said.
The helicopter was returning to headquarters in the eastern provincial firefighting agency after participating in search operations for 11 people still missing after a ferry sinking that killed more than 290 in April, fire officials in Gwangju said speaking on condition of anonymity because of office rules.
The crash killed all five fire officers aboard the helicopter, while a female high school student on the ground received a minor injury, the officials said.
An official at the firefighting agency in the eastern Gwangwon province said the five dead officers took the helicopter Monday when they left for search operations for the missing people from the ferry disaster. He also spoke on condition of anonymity line with department rules.
The helicopter was returning to headquarters in the eastern provincial firefighting agency after participating in search operations for 11 people still missing after a ferry sinking that killed more than 290 in April, fire officials in Gwangju said speaking on condition of anonymity because of office rules.
The crash killed all five fire officers aboard the helicopter, while a female high school student on the ground received a minor injury, the officials said.
An official at the firefighting agency in the eastern Gwangwon province said the five dead officers took the helicopter Monday when they left for search operations for the missing people from the ferry disaster. He also spoke on condition of anonymity line with department rules.
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Video is beginning to circulate online of the final few seconds of this flight captured from a dashcam/ security camera at street level. it appears to be rainy day/ VFR, aircraft enters the frame vertically in a steep(about 70 degrees) nose down attitude. it looks like the aircraft is level with regards to bank angle, and based on the shapes you can make out in the video it looks to be upright. video is too grainy to see if main rotor has any Rotor RPM, and there was no change in flight path during the few frames that the aircraft is visible. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0de_1405597051
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It's hard to see the signs in the video, but I didn't see any that I could identify as Hangul. They looked more like Japanese Kanja, but I can't be sure from the low video quality. The report is certainly in Japanese.
im not 100% sure, but im VERY confident that the video i linked was in reference to the recent events. i dont read or speak anything but english but based on the photos of the scene and the video i have seen, it appears to be the same location. it also seems to me that i can make out Rotor blades in the crash aftermath photos, which indicates a potential loss of drive to main rotor and subsequent loss of control, or major control malfunction.
China TV are using the same footage:
The speed and angle of descent are truly awful; what can have caused such a loss of control will take some investigation, I'm sure.
The speed and angle of descent are truly awful; what can have caused such a loss of control will take some investigation, I'm sure.
Moment South Korean helicopter nose dives and crashes | Mail Online
Shows some stills pictures as well. Not very clear but its hard to see the tail assembly even though its present at the crash site (Picture in earlier post)
R.I.P. The crew.
Shows some stills pictures as well. Not very clear but its hard to see the tail assembly even though its present at the crash site (Picture in earlier post)
R.I.P. The crew.
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Thundering free turbines that looked bad 
Control problem? Must have been well past VNE? No chance it seems, of recovery there. Tough to investigate with what's left. No Mayday or report by pilot to ATC on what was the problem?
Control problem? Must have been well past VNE? No chance it seems, of recovery there. Tough to investigate with what's left. No Mayday or report by pilot to ATC on what was the problem?
Not too surprising if fins are missing after such an impact ! ....horizontal stabilizer already had a tendency to fly away on its own....
Does anyone got news on the 365 crash off shore of Ghana few weeks ago ?
Does anyone got news on the 365 crash off shore of Ghana few weeks ago ?
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If you look at the feet of the firemen on the left in the picture, that looks like the gearbox of the Venistron fan tail rotor, as you can also see what seems to be the CF blade stubbs stil attached. So seems it was still attached.
