Robinson crash - Brazil ??
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Robinson crash - Brazil ??
A "new to me" vid of a Robinson crash, in what I believe is Brazil ??
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4a8_1411427966
As always, if it's an oldie, I'll delete.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4a8_1411427966
As always, if it's an oldie, I'll delete.
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Apparently this one.
A helicopter crashed near Fama, State of Minas Geais, around noon this Saturday (20). According to Military Police of Alfenas (MG), three people were in the aircraft, the pilot, Sgt PM of Fama, Marcos Antonio Alves and his wife, Livia Reis Carvalho. The helicopter pilot was rescued alive by fishermen who were at the lake. He has been taken to a hospital in Eloi Mendes (MG). The couple could not get out of the aircraft, which was submerged in the lake.
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One newspaper reports:
"The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in the Lake of Furnas on the afternoon of Saturday (20), Fame (MG), was arrested and taken to the police station Varginha (MG) to testify. After the helicopter crash, police said, the driver fled the scene and only presented himself in Eloi Mendes (MG), a city that is 50 miles from where the accident happened, without trying to provide help to the victims"
"The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in the Lake of Furnas on the afternoon of Saturday (20), Fame (MG), was arrested and taken to the police station Varginha (MG) to testify. After the helicopter crash, police said, the driver fled the scene and only presented himself in Eloi Mendes (MG), a city that is 50 miles from where the accident happened, without trying to provide help to the victims"
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I learn something on this site every day!
In this case, however, I just can't work out what the pilot was trying to do or why. Was he drunk\drugged; showing off; had no experience on type (or even rotary)?
The flight path looks pretty similar to my first attempts to fly a jetranger in Microsoft Flight Simulator, which was at a time when I'd not been near a real helicopter and I was trying to use a computer keyboard to control the craft!
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Originally Posted by mdovey
In this case, however, I just can't work out what the pilot was trying to do or why.
Last edited by tyl3r; 25th Sep 2014 at 15:36. Reason: mdovey, oops
Looks like he had enough airspeed, not much wind ( mirror glass water ) so doubt he run out of power. I would guess he wanted to skim across water showboating and just got it wrong ! Wrong people picked up The Darwin award !
