Mont Blanc helicopter rescue
 

Sloping ground... :eek:

Wow. Just wow.

Since they had a winch and used it to recover the casualty - why on earth would you put the aircraft in such a hazardous position to pick up the first pax?

I know nose-in landings are routine and often the only way to get the job done but in this case it seems an unnecessary risk.

Some skillful flying to be sure but risk vs reward balance???

Because that's just a training session, so they use both methods (the title of the thread is not accurate).
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Crab wrote

My thoughts exactly

fair enough - thanks for clearing that up:ok:

Suggestion here

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-...ntain/10703580

that it is a real rescue with people involved named. You also get a longer video. The helicopter off loads 4 rescuers nose-in who sort out the
injured guys leg, then it picks up some of them nose-in and then it winches out injured guy and last rescuer.

[Disclaimer: I know stuff all about helicopters. I'm not a journalist.]

My mistake.
You're right mmurray, I've just received a message confirming it and saying that I'm becoming senile :(

No worries! Thanks. So the nose-in drop-off and pick-up is just because it's quicker than winching 4 people down ?
Seems like it would be more hazardous but see Disclaimer above :-)

I hate to be a spoil sport here....but there is much flatter ground shown in the beginning of the video.

In a real rescue....would it not make far more sense to package the victim....and move him a few hundred meters to a spot nearby that would afford a much less demanding landing and perhaps prevent the need for any winching at all.

If the extreme landing practice was desired....why not do it with no one but the crew aboard?

I mean what could possibly go wrong?


For Example:

wow indeed

Training session or not with a winch equipped aircraft why place it in a high risk situation even for a real rescue.

Roybert

As it now appears to have been a rescue rather than training it does call into question the wisdom of using nose-in landing instead of hoisting just to save a couple of minutes.

Because he is pilot only for the pick up, the winch op is on scene.
He picks up crew then does the winch tx

No - you can clearly see that there is someone still in the door once the aircraft has dropped off the other 3 persons.

I stand corrected - you can see the winch ops feet on the run in