Helicopter Crash Longford
 

Gazelle, reported as G-BXTH on another forum. Pics here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/endafa...7653609390394/

Strange place to put down.

Ah well, not too much to worry about - 'amateur footage shows the a/c was not too extensively damaged'...

Same old, same old ...
 

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Helicopter crashes into pub in Longford - The Scotsman

A number of people witnessed the incident, with bystanders reporting hearing a loud noise before the helicopter came down in a lane next to the pub, which is sited near an airfield.

The pub landlord told local media that the aircraft’s propellers struck the top of the building before tumbling onto the ground next to the Royal Canal.

He added: “It must have only been a few feet off the ground but they were awful lucky.”

Two men were on board the helicopter at the time.

A witness, who took a video of the aircraft attempting a landing before the incident, said that he started filming as the helicopter ‘got a bit low’, adding: “I went over to take a video. The minute it hit the building I called 999.”

Ciaran Doyle, who was working with his father, told RTE’s Morning Ireland programme: “[The helicopter] was hovering over the canal for about five minutes.

“It started to come in close to the pub, and it started moving towards the back.

“The minute I saw it, my hands started to shake and I picked up the phone and called the emergency services.”

Local radio reports suggested there had been some injuries to customers inside the pub while a spokesman for the Department of Transport said that two members of the Air Accident Investigation Unit had attended the scene.

Investigators are currently gathering evidence.



CCTV of the previous attempt and of the crash itself !!

http://cdn3.independent.ie/incoming/...licopter_1.jpg

Video on this page - http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-31381424.html



Pics of the scene - Credit to Enda Farrell
https://www.flickr.com/photos/endafa...57653609390394

Ah, the old "Do ya reckon you cant fit in there"? ....

G-BXTH Crash
 

Luther... You say amateur video shows not too extensively damaged.


Have another look at the photos and video. From what I can see the tail boom separates and ends up in the canal. Its not visible in any of the photos of the wreck.


Just glad Pilot and pax ok


Helipixman

Amazing. He had a go, turned back, I guess his/her piloting skills we're questioned (I would love to hear the conversation in Heli before 2nd attempt was made) ("it didn't look that close to me") and decided to land,

I'm reminded of the even tighter fit in 2008 that ended in Accident: Sikorsky S-76B, N399BH, Bettystown Co. Meath, on 18 September 2008: Report No 2010-019 | AAIU.ie

"Just go your way a bit,,,,,,!!


E.

It wasn't going to end any differently was it?

Yet again, a perfectly serviceable aircraft is trashed by the actions of the person flying it.

Whilst some of us work hard to progress and promote the safety of helicopters, there will always be those who do the exact opposite.

:mad:

Glad no one was hurt.
A number of years ago there was a video on here of a Gazelle in a
Similar colour doing a pretty shaky take off or maybe it was landing ?
Anyone remember it ?

R

Helicopter Crash Longford
 

Now that's some piss poor decision making to be sure. Even blew the cover off the boat, but still committed to land. Not that it matters now but hello....FOD through the rotor disk, ah it's only a boat cover hey ho. If I was the boat owner I'd be very peeved. Maybe hitting the building was karma for giving the boat/s a beating with the downwash. Another nice looking machine destroyed through idiocy. Lucky no one was seriously hurt. Must of been desperate for a pint!!!!

'A feckin' eegit' as I believe the local parlance goes:ugh:

Even worse, it's walking distance from Abbeyshrule airfield.

RINKER


You're probably thinking about G-LARR and the infamous 'wedding video'

Yep it was this one, It was talking an old lady for a birthday spin IIRC,, same machine sure.


Sad end and up goes our premiums again !


E.

Nope

G Larr is an As 350 not a Westland Gazelle.

R

Air Accident investigation may not take too long :(

Helipixman - I know exactly how 'little damage' there was. Perhaps I should have pointed out that that's what the original article said...

Oh, deary deary me. Looks like somebody was going to do a runner.

Man arrested after helicopter hits Longford pub - RTÉ News