Ian Corrigible
19th Aug 2015, 13:12
An updated report on the tragic loss of a Policía Nacional de Colombia UH-60L earlier this month, which -- it is now believed -- was lost due to CFIT, rather than due to ground fire.
Ill-fated Colombian police helicopter wasn't attacked (http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/08/18/ill-fated-colombian-police-helicopter-wasnt-attacked)
One point stands out, though: a Black Hawk with 18 POB (i.e. 16 in the cabin)? Sounds like a cosy arrangement to say the least, esp. if the officers on board -- who were on a drugs raid -- were wearing combat gear and weapons.
(Not a good month for accidents already, with the Lagos S-76 accident (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/566059-bristow-s76-down-lagos-discussion-no-condolences.html), the Mi-28N airshow accident (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/565559-airshow-crash-russia.html), a Pawan Hans Dauphin fatal (http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arunachal-helicopter-crash-flying-coffins-run-on-mha-subsidy/article1-1379543.aspx), an LACFD Bell 412 hard landing (http://fireaviation.com/2015/08/16/los-angeles-county-helicopter-makes-hard-landing/), a SOCOM MH-60M hard landing (http://theaviationist.com/2015/08/12/160th-soar-mh-60m-covered-crash/) on an MSC Ro-Ro vessel off the coast of Japan, plus five Mi-8/17s also lost, four described here, killing 35 of those onboard (http://www.janes.com/article/53663/hip-helicopter-suffers-spike-in-global-accidents), and another in North Darfur (www.news.yahoo.com/8-badly-hurt-un-helicopter-accident-sudans-darfur-175439983.html).)
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Ill-fated Colombian police helicopter wasn't attacked (http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/08/18/ill-fated-colombian-police-helicopter-wasnt-attacked)
One point stands out, though: a Black Hawk with 18 POB (i.e. 16 in the cabin)? Sounds like a cosy arrangement to say the least, esp. if the officers on board -- who were on a drugs raid -- were wearing combat gear and weapons.
(Not a good month for accidents already, with the Lagos S-76 accident (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/566059-bristow-s76-down-lagos-discussion-no-condolences.html), the Mi-28N airshow accident (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/565559-airshow-crash-russia.html), a Pawan Hans Dauphin fatal (http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arunachal-helicopter-crash-flying-coffins-run-on-mha-subsidy/article1-1379543.aspx), an LACFD Bell 412 hard landing (http://fireaviation.com/2015/08/16/los-angeles-county-helicopter-makes-hard-landing/), a SOCOM MH-60M hard landing (http://theaviationist.com/2015/08/12/160th-soar-mh-60m-covered-crash/) on an MSC Ro-Ro vessel off the coast of Japan, plus five Mi-8/17s also lost, four described here, killing 35 of those onboard (http://www.janes.com/article/53663/hip-helicopter-suffers-spike-in-global-accidents), and another in North Darfur (www.news.yahoo.com/8-badly-hurt-un-helicopter-accident-sudans-darfur-175439983.html).)
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