Originally Posted by
Kulwin Park
Condolences to the fire crews and air crew :-(
Happening all too often with aircraft mid-airs.
First assumption based on the words above, is why was the Bell helicopter (an observation aircraft it says) as low as the fire attack helicopter (Sky Crane) ?
Secondly, if tasked differently (as mentioned above), were they on the same frequency broadcasting their path, heights & intentions? Who monitors & corrects them from the ground?
The accident happened during the initial response to the fire, both aircraft had not yet arrived on scene. They would have been on the same Victor frequency, and air tactics, they left from the same base, at roughly the same time as well.
whatever happened, the wreckage shows the rotor head quite a ways from the wreckage and missing 1 of the 4 blades.