But as much as we hate to admit it, we don't always do the right thing every time. The window for arriving helicopters at Heli-Expo was small. All pilots flying to the show knew that. The amount of pressure that was induced upon them or that they induced on themselves obviously varied.
Are you saying these two Birds made poor decisions because of "pressure" being applied by someone to deliver the goods or else?
Or are you saying they themselves "pressured" themselves into making very poor decisions....in this case it had to be a series of bad decisions to fetch them up into a situation that resulted in the destruction of a Helicopter and damn near killed them as well.
They are very fortunate it was a Blackhawk built to the Military Standard rather than a lesser standard.
Malabo.....the crew was beginning to approach some hilly ground around Chattanooga area so they would have been transitioning from reasonably flat ground to some steeper hills and more wooded areas than before.
Your Sat View shows that to some degree.
Last time I checked...control of the weather was way above any Pilot's Pay Grade.
If the weather is too bad....then that is just too bad.