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Another helicopter down off Scotland

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by three_bags_full, Apr 1, 2009.

  1. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    All eight killed. This is getting crazy.

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/01/scotland.helicopter.ditch/index.html
     
    three_bags_full, Apr 1, 2009
    #1
  2. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Re: Another helicopter down off Scottland

    The story I read said there were 16 on board and eight others were missing.
     
    Football_Bat, Apr 1, 2009
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  3. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    I went to school with two brothers, both became military helicopter pilots. Both died in separate crashes.
     
    goalmouth, Apr 1, 2009
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  4. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    The job certainly carries a little more risk, but if you land most of our aircraft flat-side down, you've got a pretty decent chance of survival. Unfortunately, the big killers like enemy fire and inadvertent IMC (instrument meteorological conditions, or popping into the clouds or a dust storm) rarely let you land upright.
     
    three_bags_full, Apr 2, 2009
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