Helicopter down outside Leicester City Football Club
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Incredibly sad. I own and operate a complex twin engined helicopter and when something like this happens I say -“ when will this happen to me “ or “when will I do that”.
I hope we can get an answer as to what was the cause so further similar accidents can be prevented. I also ask that only those with real facts on the matter post on this thread.
I hope we can get an answer as to what was the cause so further similar accidents can be prevented. I also ask that only those with real facts on the matter post on this thread.
Eye witness accounts indicate sudden loss of TR drive...and that's about the worst place I can think of for that malfunction to happen. Yes, very sad, and very unlucky. A minute or two later with more height and more airspeed and the outcome might well have been different.
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Come on guys and girls, The most of us on this forum are professional aviators.
All the BBC reports that I've read so far on this accident have been written by reporters with absolutley no aviation experiance whatsoever.
As professionals, dont get sucked into the eye witness accounts and ficticious reporting then make poor assumptions on what has gone wrong here.
The AW 169 is a sophisticated machine, Like its 2 big brothers, A lot of things need to go wrong in a hurry to cause a catastophic failure resulting in an accident.
Leave it to the AAIB now to find the real cause so we can all learn valuable lessons.
All the BBC reports that I've read so far on this accident have been written by reporters with absolutley no aviation experiance whatsoever.
As professionals, dont get sucked into the eye witness accounts and ficticious reporting then make poor assumptions on what has gone wrong here.
The AW 169 is a sophisticated machine, Like its 2 big brothers, A lot of things need to go wrong in a hurry to cause a catastophic failure resulting in an accident.
Leave it to the AAIB now to find the real cause so we can all learn valuable lessons.
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The statement from Leicestershire Police says (my bold) "Enquiries to establish the exact circumstances of the collision are ongoing."
Unusual choice of word or are they suggesting the aircraft struck/was struck by something before reaching the ground?
Unusual choice of word or are they suggesting the aircraft struck/was struck by something before reaching the ground?
I would not therefore describe its use in this case as unusual nor would I particularly read anything into it at this point.
Last edited by OvertHawk; 28th Oct 2018 at 08:52.
Unusual choice of word
Seen this word in a number of recent light aircraft incidents.
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They are most probably looking into this matter.
Maybe, maybe not, but as has been said at this stage in proceedings there is no value at all at reading any significance into the fact that the UK police used the word collision.
Sky News now reporting (their source in turn is Reuters), 5 total on board, including the Leicester City owner. No comment being made on fate of the same.
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Some supporters leaving the ground last night are reporting a drone flying around the Stadium, however one report says the drone was grounded before the helicopter departed.
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im sure ‘they’ will be looking at all possibilities and speculation is completely pointless.
Some supporters leaving the ground last night are reporting a drone flying around the Stadium, however one report says the drone was grounded before the helicopter departed.
Reuters reporting five on board:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-so...-idUKKCN1N204J
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LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was among five people who were in a helicopter which crashed in a ball of flames after a Premier League match on Saturday, a source close to the club said. Also on board were one of Vichai’s two daughters, two pilots and a fifth person whose identity was not immediately known, the source said on Sunday.
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