View Full Version : Hong Kong crash
Cyclic Hotline
1st Apr 2020, 20:21
Reports of a wire strike, or possibly pylon strike.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/mystery-surrounds-pla-chopper-crash-in-hong-kong/
BigMike
1st Apr 2020, 22:25
Reports of a wire strike, or possibly pylon strike.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/mystery-surrounds-pla-chopper-crash-in-hong-kong/
Aircraft is suspected to be chinese Dauphin copy.
Fareastdriver
2nd Apr 2020, 08:51
The damage to the pylon suggests something a bit bigger than that.
gulliBell
2nd Apr 2020, 11:53
The damage to the pylon also suggests that whatever hit it did not travel very far afterwards.
Fareastdriver
2nd Apr 2020, 12:21
I was down at Marignane in 1978 and they had a row of Super Frelons in Chinese Navy colours. They were waiting for approval from the USA to export them because the main rotor and tail rotor were produced by Sikorsky. That is why the Super Frelon's main rotor goes in a different direction than any other French helicopter.
blackdog7
2nd Apr 2020, 22:56
By the looks of the structure photo, there was likely a static line, not conductor, at the top bridge of the tower. Usually very difficult to see in the best of conditions and very unforgiving to any type of helicopter.
That's why we teach pilots to always cross wires at a pylon and at a sensible minimum separation.
Fareastdriver
3rd Apr 2020, 10:02
There are some real snares in that part of Hong Kong. The territory's electricity comes from a Chinese nuclear power station in Daya Bay and they cross from hilltop to hilltop.