AS350 Helo Crash in Palmer, Alaska
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You work in finance or insurance? Last time I spoke with my finance and insurance guys they were both different entities? Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought this thread had drifted to insurance? Finally I don’t think some of those on board needed much financial advice....
My destination was the other side of a ridge that I could see clearly in the distance on a gin clear day. Cruising along and there was a sudden squawk from the radalt and the side of a rock wizzed by my right ear. It was then, because it was now in shadow, that I saw this ridge I had just flown over without seeing it because it was invisible against an identical background
If I had one of the world's wealthiest with me, I would be considering my choices carefully
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The one survivor was still in the fuselage which may have saved him ..... the other occupants were elsewhere ..... as I said earlier the 900 foot tumble down the mountain may have been more destructive than the impact ....
Survivor is in serious but stable condition .... probably the 6 hours he spent in the freezing cold would add to his complications
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/03...-alaska-slope/
Survivor is in serious but stable condition .... probably the 6 hours he spent in the freezing cold would add to his complications
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/03...-alaska-slope/
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The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend, killing five people, will have to be hoisted off a mountain by the company that owned it, a U.S. investigator said.
It is pretty normal to clean up your own mess, most common in cooperation with your insurance company.
Who else do you suggest should do it?!
I saw a picture of the helicopter looking reasonably intact (minus the blades obviously) and a long way below a small debris field near the ridge. I know the article says they hit just below the ridge. But is it clear they were en route and hit the ridge rather than landing to drop off skiers? It certainly looked like somewhere you could ski down. An accident involving a rotor blade strike possibly on an unmarked landing site seems at least possible.
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The reported agency mandate for airlifting the fuselage dictates means and methods for debris removal. The parties paying for debris removal no longer have the ability to control the cost of the site clean up. Sorry, I have a problem with that, and I question whether there there is actually a clear legislative mandate behind that order. Agency rules and regs are not necessarily supported by legislative mandate. That's all.
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The Knik Glacier area is is a national resources management area ... tourists have to carry their garbage out when they leave , and I suppose that applies to aircraft wreckage as well .... most likely it is now the insurers responsibility and they will cover the costs.
Another helicopter was used to sling the crashed machine to a building in Palmer AK where investigators will examine it.
The sole survivor has now been upgraded to good condition.
Another helicopter was used to sling the crashed machine to a building in Palmer AK where investigators will examine it.
The sole survivor has now been upgraded to good condition.
I saw a picture of the helicopter looking reasonably intact (minus the blades obviously) and a long way below a small debris field near the ridge. I know the article says they hit just below the ridge. But is it clear they were en route and hit the ridge rather than landing to drop off skiers? It certainly looked like somewhere you could ski down. An accident involving a rotor blade strike possibly on an unmarked landing site seems at least possible.
