EC-120 crash near Murmansk, Russia
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There's been a lot of chat about where the pax were as the pilot dropped them off rotors running, but surprisingly it seems no-one has questioned why the aircraft wasn't shut down and pax got out and away safely before restart. Surely this would have been the safest procedure and avoided any risk of this accident happening. The time and cost of doing so would have been very modest given a presumably significant trip length, rather than short multi leg shuttle.
That will never happen . These flights are often very short hops with other fishermen waiting to be moved . I have personally never seen a shut down for a drop off in 25 years !!! Also some of the drop offs require to be just light on skids . I don't think we need to try to reinvent the wheel when there is a system that has worked fine for decades .... This was a tragic accident but I certainly feel that the operation out there is very safe and very professional and does not require any change .
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Blade strike incident...
The guys that have the most to say about having the pax walk away from the machine....seem to have the least experience, in the said practice!
Blade accidents are far more common than a machine roll over! This guy was familiar with the operation, and was told not to walk out front of the machine!
So....I agree (after hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of drops), in the bush, keep em next to the machine!
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Accident In Saskatchewan? - Page 2 - General Helicopter Operations - Vertical Online Forums
The guys that have the most to say about having the pax walk away from the machine....seem to have the least experience, in the said practice!
Blade accidents are far more common than a machine roll over! This guy was familiar with the operation, and was told not to walk out front of the machine!
So....I agree (after hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of drops), in the bush, keep em next to the machine!
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Accident In Saskatchewan? - Page 2 - General Helicopter Operations - Vertical Online Forums
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Russia helicopter crash 'quite extraordinary'
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The inquest in Basingstoke heard accident investigator Paul Hannant's verdict was that the helicopter had made an "extremely hard landing."
As a result, a bracket securing the landing gear sheared off, causing the helicopter to topple over. Its rotors caused Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont "catastrophic head injuries".
Coroner Andrew Bradley said there were problems with the case because the only witness to the crash was the 60-year-old Russian helicopter pilot, who told investigators it had been a "smooth landing."
The dead men's families raised concerns that the helicopter was being operated under a private rather than commercial licence.
The coroner said: "There seems to be some vested interest to get in and get out as quickly as possible. That might cause one to push the boundaries."
As a result, a bracket securing the landing gear sheared off, causing the helicopter to topple over. Its rotors caused Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont "catastrophic head injuries".
Coroner Andrew Bradley said there were problems with the case because the only witness to the crash was the 60-year-old Russian helicopter pilot, who told investigators it had been a "smooth landing."
The dead men's families raised concerns that the helicopter was being operated under a private rather than commercial licence.
The coroner said: "There seems to be some vested interest to get in and get out as quickly as possible. That might cause one to push the boundaries."
