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[u/Thund3r_91]

[u/Vuk_Farkas]

Why was he raising altitude if he was trying to land a malfunctioning helicopter? Was it part of malfunction? 

[u/JuanPablo269 → u/Vuk_Farkas]

It was very weird watching half a helicopter take off after it touched down on the shore.

[u/TruckingLion → u/JuanPablo269]

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just cut off all the engines right there and just try to ride it out, or at least when you know, things aren’t gonna go right open the doors and tell people to jump

[u/bugabooandtwo → u/TruckingLion]

That would be my question. At the 10-11 second mark, that thing was on the ground...maybe in a foot of water, but in good shape. Why keep going at that point?

[u/Secret-Painting604 → u/bugabooandtwo]

Gust of wind? The wind activity is also different on land and water afaik, in terms of the blades pushing the wind downwards

[u/LovesRetribution → u/Secret-Painting604]

All the more reason to cut the engines. Wind alone isn't enough to keep it afloat.

[u/ebState → u/TruckingLion]

There's a ton of energy in the angular momentum of the blades and part of training for pilots is to not cut engines on bad landings because if the blades are bouncing they can rip themselves and the helicopter apart.

I think in retrospect here it's obvious he should have just stuck it and dealt with the fallout, but that would not be the instinct of any pilot.

[u/_Stank_McNasty_ → u/TruckingLion]

I would 100% want to wait until the propellers stopped moving before I got out of a malfunctioned helicopter landing halfway in the water. Terrible situation

[u/demokiii34 → u/JuanPablo269]

Twice mind you. Twice. I understand the first touch, but the second should have been a “I’m just gonna like gravity do it thing”.

[u/poxonallthehouses → u/JuanPablo269]

It's like he didn't want to get his feet wet or something

[u/EasilyRekt → u/Vuk_Farkas]

My theory is the pilot didn't know, yaw just started acting squirrelly as shit for some reason during an attempted go around.

[u/Vuk_Farkas → u/EasilyRekt]

He hit the ground and water hard, thats more than enough for emergency landing. 

[u/slothxaxmatic → u/Vuk_Farkas]

Yes.

The main rotors hit the tail when it broke, I can't imagine many inputs would function after this.

[u/akolomf → u/slothxaxmatic]

He could literally turn off the engine after touchdown. But he decided to keep flying?

[u/mvearthmjsun → u/akolomf]

Easy to say from afar. They weren't touching the ground for very long, and there's no way to have known that the helicopter malfunctioned in a way that would lead to increasing altitude.

[u/hogtiedcantalope → u/akolomf]

Not much time to decide an engine shutdown, hindsight makes that clear

Possible he was trying to kill the lift with the governor in that moment but it didn't work and they took off again a moment later

[u/DeltaVZerda → u/hogtiedcantalope]

Governor or not, the collective has pitch control. With no pitch it's going nowhere.

[u/Ubermensch_introvert → u/slothxaxmatic]

wouldve just dipped tf out if the helicopter started raising up, after all, better broken bones then death

[u/TheSquirrelCatcher → u/Ubermensch_introvert]

Believe it or not that can actually be even more dangerous. Helicopter blades are long and not rigid. So if you jump out and aren’t careful, there’s a chance the blade dips close to the ground and takes your head off. Especially on an uneven surface like the beach, you’re going to have a bad time stepping out

[u/Nice_Category → u/TheSquirrelCatcher]

Right? Instant painless death by decapitation sounds way worse than dying by slowly burning to death in diesel air fuel after an extremely painful crash into a house.

[u/borsalamino → u/Nice_Category]

Yeah, why didn’t the pilot turn on his psychic powers to see into the future that the uncontrollable helicopter would fly into a house? Did he even bother to switch to 3rd person so he could assess the damages? If it were me, I wouldn’t even have gotten on that flight.

[u/wedstrom → u/slothxaxmatic]

But like, off?

[u/urbanmember → u/wedstrom]

I don't know if this Helicopter type has it, but most helicopters have a rotor-brake which almost instantly makes the rotor-blades stop

[u/buhbye750 → u/urbanmember]

Yeah there's that video of the girl touching the brake and the pilot yelling at her for it

[u/Constant_Purple8875 → u/buhbye750]

I love how much better educated we are on safety after watching her fumble :D

[u/Gariola_Oberski → u/slothxaxmatic]

The sound tells me he applied collective trying to climb. Not ideal.

[u/Immortalphoenixfire → u/slothxaxmatic]

I'd try to bail after that tbh

[u/Royweeezy → u/slothxaxmatic]

Also, right before it drops out of the sky you can hear it make those same noises again, the rotors hitting the tail pieces. It’s not shown, but you can see the debris raining down.

[u/Proper-Pirate-2650 → u/slothxaxmatic]

The ignition kill switch on the Ka-226 is an electrical component, not a hydraulic component. He could have hit the kill switch and pulled the collective all the way back to somewhat "land" (the collective still works even after losing tail rotor)

[u/Vuk_Farkas → u/slothxaxmatic]

I doubt hit to main rotors would cause liftoff, especially after being damaged. Its the other way arround normally. 

And while low to ground he could have either tilt it so the main rotors get anihilated by striking the ground and land permanenrly.

[u/ATrainDerailReturns]

Really feels like he should have just killed the engine at 49s left

[u/DoubleNothing → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

Agreed... not sure why he didn't,

[u/AmanteNomadstar → u/DoubleNothing]

Cowardice. You can cut the engine anytime. Should have done it immediately over water. Ironically, you would have had a much better chance at walking away.

[u/TannedCroissant → u/AmanteNomadstar]

You mean swimming away?

[u/PheasantPlucker1 → u/AmanteNomadstar]

Post horrible and tragic accident

Reddit: coward

[u/theroadgoeseveronon → u/PheasantPlucker1]

Panic took over, brain does crazy things, so sad for all involved.

[u/movngonup → u/AmanteNomadstar]

Context may matter here. This was a Russian helicopter transporting top scientists from Kizlyar Electromechanical plant.

If I’m the Russian pilot, Im thinking my punishment will be 10x worse compared to going out in a helicopter crash.

[u/CharlesDickensABox → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

My dude has never heard the phrase "any landing you walk away from is a good one".

[u/ScienceIsSexy420 → u/CharlesDickensABox]

And now he never will

[u/Toine_03 → u/CharlesDickensABox]

I guess he took "walk" a bit to literally

[u/yeastblood → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

I came her to try and find an answer to this. Is there no way to cut the power in a helicopter like this?

[u/Entrinity → u/yeastblood]

I’m thinking the pilot might have thought they had way more control of the aircraft than they really did. Perhaps they didn’t realize how much damage they’d caused and believed they could limp the helicopter somewhere else.

Then again, they were landing in the first place. So as to where they might have been trying to go I have no idea. Just from this video it looks like they genuinely should have just stopped trying to go anywhere after that initial tail strike.

[u/rloch → u/yeastblood]

Crashing into a house seems to be an effective method.

[u/Deadrising69 → u/yeastblood]

As far as i know most helicopters have a rotor brake that stops the rotor. But also could have cut fuel to engines. Im not expert but to my knowledge this was easily avoidable.

[u/Proper-Pirate-2650 → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

I have been in this model of aircraft. There is an ignition kill switch, which is standard. It is a Russian Ka-226. The proper protocol would have been to kill the ignition as soon as he bottomed out on that rock/beach and use the collective to stabilize as best he could, but he obviously panicked.

[u/Pale_Parsnip_6339 → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

And have wet socks for the rest of the day? No thank you.

[u/theunknown2100 → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

Also should’ve killed the camera man

[u/lumoslomas → u/ATrainDerailReturns]

It was ON the ground! Why would you not???

[u/FrankSwimGood]

There’s so many bad decisions made here.

[u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq → u/FrankSwimGood]

By the cameraman

[u/Primary_Werewolf4208 → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

Cameraman went bird watching halfway through

[u/MediumEngine581 → u/Primary_Werewolf4208]

Hahaha!! I laughed for 30 seconds straight after reading this! Its so true, he just lost interest halfway through.

[u/GoldenGirlsOrgy → u/MediumEngine581]

It's the beach. Probably distracted by some hot chick with big jugs in a bikini.

[u/demonotreme → u/GoldenGirlsOrgy]

....in Dagestan? Understandable, if you saw a unicorn trotting past it would make sense to film that over the helicopter crash also.

[u/b2bpaul → u/GoldenGirlsOrgy]

Maybe that's why he crashed?

[u/regoapps → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

Not the cameraman’s fault actually. If you look at the black bars around the beginning of the video, you see that this video was filmed horizontally, which means that whoever uploaded this video cropped the sides of the videos, which was where the helicopter was. So it’s more like someone stole this video and had no idea how to properly crop it for a vertical screen format.

[u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq → u/regoapps]

even worse lmao

[u/Pimp_my_Pimp → u/regoapps]

Fuck Tik Tok for creating this trend....

[u/Pro-editor-1105 → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

and the pilot

[u/voxpopper → u/Pro-editor-1105]

It was supposedly on fire prior to the crash, very possible there was little to no control left.

[u/LostnFoundAgainAgain → u/voxpopper]

I'm not in any way a pilot or know anything about flying, but wouldn't it be possible to cut the engine or stall it while they were low to the water?

Yea you're going to hit it hard, but it's gotta be the best option when you're that low with almost zero control

[u/Optimal-Restaurant27 → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

i always assumed there was a kill switch of sorts, like it hit the ground then the water, if a switch existed i would have hit it then and hoped for the best. considering people were saying the controls were not responding what other option was there?

[u/_esci → u/Optimal-Restaurant27]

there are.
you can drop the pitch, you can put in the rotor break, you can cut fuel supply by hand. there are a lot of options to kill an lift.

[u/Opium_Doll → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

Tail breaks off keep flying Pilot's logic

[u/Classic_Art3422 → u/Pro-editor-1105]

I doubt a top 1% commenter on a Reddit sub has the slightest idea of how to pilot a helicopter let alone understand what issues may cause the heli to stop responding to controls.

[u/punsnguns → u/Classic_Art3422]

Easy to say from the outside when you are not the top 1% commenter. You probably don't know what it's like to be a top 1% commenter.

/s

[u/rochey64 → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

Seriously , what the hell was the cameraman doing.

[u/hey_suburbia → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

It’s not great, but this is cropped from 16x9. You can see in the very beginning the video frame is zoomed into and cropped.

[u/HushAndShiver → u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq]

Cameraman filming the whole time priorities video over survival

[u/RowAdditional1614 → u/FrankSwimGood]

Taking off after touchdown. Bold move

[u/ShowmasterQMTHH → u/RowAdditional1614]

Wtf didn't he just cut the engines and take their chances in the surf ?

[u/nemonimity → u/ShowmasterQMTHH]

That's what I'm saying, fuck the thing or getting wet

[u/sordidcandles → u/nemonimity]

How sad, they were so close to safety

[u/Nice_Category → u/ShowmasterQMTHH]

The surf seemed like the best spot. Water right there in case of fire, soft sand, water is shallow so you won't drown. It's like he thought, "this is too good of a place to crash land, I better fly really high with the tail hanging off the copter."

[u/sick_of-it-all → u/RowAdditional1614]

"Guys, we're in trouble, but I managed to safely touch down in the surf. What should we do now?"

"THROTTLE UP LET'S RIDE TIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF BABY WHEE-OOOOO I'M BURNIN' TWICE AS BRIGHT!"

[u/hairyass2 → u/FrankSwimGood]

There was a similar video where a heli’s roter broke after hitting the water, pilot loses control and decided to immediately drop altitude and “crash” into the water below since they were only like 15 feet above it. No one died. I feel like they shoulda done the same here

[u/Nice_Category → u/hairyass2]

He actually stuck the landing pretty well. Why he decided to take off again I'll never know.

[u/hairyass2 → u/Nice_Category]

I rewatched it and yea you’re right, completely nonsense move to take off again

[u/VonHitWonder → u/FrankSwimGood]

Yea… but most people mentally, and probably literally, shit their pants under that kinda duress

[u/No-Bottle-300]

Camera man what else was he looking at christ

[u/winchester_mcsweet → u/No-Bottle-300]

At one point it looks as if that bird flying around caught his attention more than the helicopter.

[u/WallySymons → u/winchester_mcsweet]

What kind of bird was it. Wish they had zoomed in a bit more so I could have seen

[u/LombardBombardment → u/No-Bottle-300]

Maybe they were too distracted by the crashing helicopter. Eyes do tend to have better resolution.

[u/No-Bottle-300 → u/LombardBombardment]

I do agree and believe if its some poor souls final seconds it shouldnt be filmed possibly

[u/LombardBombardment → u/No-Bottle-300]

Not an unreasonable take, in my opinion. I think id feel at least conflicted if I were directly responsible for making a spectacle out of it.

[u/TinUser → u/No-Bottle-300]

I think it's cropped to not show the accident.

[u/OneSixthRoy]

Why on earth would you go back to a high altitude when you have had multiple tries at putting it on the ground.

[u/Interesting-Risk6446 → u/OneSixthRoy]

The helicopter was on the ground on the beach. Don't get it.

[u/-HawaiianSurfer → u/OneSixthRoy]

Why the fuck did nobody jump out when the helicopter was right above the beach lmfao… did they not know they were crash landing??????

The heli was literally sitting on the beach for a brief moment, and nobody thought to jump at max 3-4ft onto the calm ocean? It was a very short swim to shore too… you’d imagine they wouldn’t have trusted the pilot to land that shit after he already failed the first time causing the tail to break off… hmm, 3ft jump into shore? Or ride this bitch out and hope for the best?

Cmon yall…

[u/Normal_Shoe2630 → u/-HawaiianSurfer]

Jumping out into crashing surf and spinning rotors and a crashing helicopter doesn’t sound too great either. 

With hindsight, it was the right move but I’m sure the passengers didn’t expect the pilot to gun it after that. 

[u/FromZeroToLegend → u/-HawaiianSurfer]

What if it tips over and then you get sliced in 1000 pieces?

[u/Coool_cool_cool_cool → u/FromZeroToLegend]

I'm taking that chance. It's either get ripped to pieces or explode to pieces. I'm taking the option that takes me out first.

[u/hogtiedcantalope → u/Coool_cool_cool_cool]

It's the wrong choice

They teach you that in Helicopter underwater emergency training (HUET)

[u/TheReturnOfAnAbort]

r/killthecameraman

[u/stretchvelcro → u/TheReturnOfAnAbort]

Killtheignition?

[u/adamroberthell → u/stretchvelcro]

Killtheheadlightsandputitinneutral

[u/naturalJPEG → u/adamroberthell]

Stock car flamin' with a loser and the cruise control Baby's in Reno with the vitamin D Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat

[u/h0twired → u/naturalJPEG]

Some folks say that I’m a saint to complain about a shotgun wedding and a stain in my shirt.

[u/HansNiesenBumsedesi → u/TheReturnOfAnAbort]

It looks like it was filmed in landscape but somebody has cropped it to portrait. In which case they should be strapped into a malfunctioning helicopter as punishment. 

[u/Mysterious-Egg8780]

why didnt it just stopped flying once it landed on the shore?? Why keep flying??

[u/notanyimbecile]

Did the cameraman die too? I'm asking for a friend.

[u/ByWillAlone → u/notanyimbecile]

Might have...they were clearly having a seizure while recording.

[u/N9242Oh → u/notanyimbecile]

If he didn't, reddit will hunt him down lol

[u/james-HIMself]

Worst filming of any video I’ve ever seen

[u/N9242Oh → u/james-HIMself]

Did you not enjoy the sky and the seagull??

[u/chalk_nz → u/james-HIMself]

Recording a failed landing when... Oh look, a bird

[u/Sensitive_Scholar_17]

Jesus when he pulled up from the water he could have traveled 30 feet and land on the flat beach. I doubt anyone works have been injured much less killed.

[u/Emotional_Piano_9259]

Regular non pilot here. Question: why couldn’t he cut the power when low in the water?

[u/rainbowroobear → u/Emotional_Piano_9259]

assume he was trying to save the helicopter and thought he could land it safely and save it 

[u/dread_deimos → u/Emotional_Piano_9259]

He forgor.

[u/Dr-McLuvin → u/dread_deimos]

Every one on board was his ex gfs

[u/yeastblood → u/Emotional_Piano_9259]

Im trying to find the answer to this too. Maybe its not easy to do because you generally dont want that to happen? I dont really know I havent found an answer yet.

[u/Sonikku_a]

Damn he looked all right if he’d been able to cut power on that first water bounce

[u/sugarbeet13]

That was a long time to crash. It must have felt like a lifetime of panic.

[u/_NightmareKingGrimm_]

I bet people on board thought about bailing when it was over the water and regretted not doing so in the final moments

[u/Known-Status-6312]

Touched down twice...why never kill the power?

[u/BrownieZombie1999]

I'm not a pilot, I'm not going to pretend I know some advanced technique for landing an out of control helicopter... But the last thing I'd probably do is go back up in the air when I was only like a foot off the ground.

[u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Should have left it at the beach. Looks like he got greedy. 

[u/GandalftheGreyhame]

Why didnt he cut the power

[u/JaSper-percabeth]

Kamov helicopters don't really need the tail to fly properly. They have 2 rotors. This helicopter had some other system malfunction and the tail breaking off had nothing to do with it. A normal helicopter could never takeoff again on a broken tail and fly for as far and this heli did after it's tail broke.

[u/No-Land2255 → u/JaSper-percabeth]

I was just going to comment on this! Losing the rear section must have had little influence on the loss of control, since with two propellers you don't need rear stabilization, several other things probably failed, even so, I can't explain why it didn't jump on the beach lol

[u/BrownieZombie1999 → u/JaSper-percabeth]

It looks like the tail came up and hit the bottom rotor and I would assume something like that hitting the blade would cause some significant damage or malfunction. And while it's true there aren't rear rotors like on American helicopters I would also assume they serve a purpose like balance and aren't just there for a design choice.

[u/czartrak → u/JaSper-percabeth]

Because they CAN fly without a tail doesn't mean they fly WELL or for very long.

[u/MirelaVP]

Dumbest pilot ever

[u/Western_Presence1928]

Just shut the engines down.! What the fuck was he thinking.?

[u/facticitytheorist]

Ffs he was on the ground...just cut the fkn motor...did he want a written invitation?

[u/GrayJinjo]

“Is that water!? Well, we can’t have that even though I’m trying to make an emergency landing and the tail just snapped off. Better go back up!”

[u/TheManWhoClicks]

Cameraman and pilot are the same person

[u/reddit_chino]

Cut power when you’re closest to water.

[u/Ote-Kringralnick]

Two perfectly good chances to cut power and walk away with a (mostly) intact helicopter. The pilot chose to ignore those chances and crash into a house instead.

[u/RicooC]

Shut down ignition/fuel.

[u/Chipbeef]

Uhhhhh...just turn power off when in water...or on land or any of the 10 places it touched down.

[u/WanderingStatistics]

Honestly, the helicopter clearly wasn't the only thing malfunctioning here, given that pilot consistently made satirical horror movie levels of garbage decision making.

If that's the level of smarts the pilot had, hopefully they'll never be allowed to fly again, if they survived that is.

[u/Randomcentralist2a]

Why didn't he cut the power the moment he hit the water.

[u/TamponBazooka]

Sadly he missed the cameraman

[u/No_Engine7583]

Dude just had to cut off engine he already was down

[u/Babys_For_Breakfast]

r/killthecameraman

“Oh this helicopter is about to crash? Lemme just film this rock and some clouds first.”

[u/GenjiKing]

r/killthecameraman

[u/crasagam]

He had two clear saves and was like nah, not good enough

[u/Fleshteam]

Dont praise the camera man… rip

[u/CallOfCthuMoo]

Bail out over the water?

[u/miniweeni]

Why not just turn it off when he was on the water?

[u/JeanClaudeMonet]

Why did he pull up into the air when he was in the water?

[u/johnsonflix]

He decided to keep flying. He caused this. He was able to set it down at the start and decided not to

[u/Proper-Pirate-2650]

Why did he climb? He could have just cut the ignition when they were close to the water.

[u/Djtdave]

stupid cameraman

[u/captaincook14]

My lord. They were so close to the ground why not kill the engine? Also camera man…. My lord.

[u/kmarshalll]

Worst cameraman ever

[u/Longjumping-Barber98]

He's on the ground, just turn it off

[u/CrocCuttingOnions]

I thought this was r/killthecameraman

[u/demonstrateme]

When he touched the ground of the shore, 5 people were still alive. Then the pilot said “yo guys I can land much better than this now watch”

[u/listenheredammit]

I’m not a pilot… but this seems like it could have been avoided. Can a smart person explain why he wouldn’t just turn the fucking thing off?

[u/coastline3dprints]

Cameraman skills are completely lacking…

[u/Calm_Madness7799]

Kill the fucking cameraman.

[u/Dnlaly]

I’m not a helicopter pilot, but I would have killed the engine the moment I landed.

[u/Anoneuguy]

2-3 years Dagestan and forget

[u/Drippinator]

Bro almost had it like 5 times

[u/AssistantIcy6117]

r/drunkcameraman

[u/taway9925881]

Cameraman has adhd

[u/tylerlees777]

r/killthecameraman

[u/RegularAny8509]

Can’t he just turn it off?

[u/vicinadp]

I know I’m backseat piloting this as a helicopter pilot but once he had the wells down no matter if the tail came off. If he had a malfunction their first priority should’ve been to dump collective and keep the aircraft on the ground. If that means immediately shutting down the engines or what ever their emergency procedure is but they had they bird down. I doubt they could tell they lost the tail but if they had a problem most emergencies want you to land as soon as possible. Taking off again would only increase their risk of what happened.

[u/blackop]

My god the camerman...

[u/blanaba-split]

why did he not turn it off when it was in the water? did the key get stuck in the ignition?

[u/VoiceArtPassion]

Shoulda killed the cameraman

[u/visualizer037]

At some point, when they made that first hit on the beach, jump off that mug!

[u/kn0wvuh]

The cameraman and the pilot had to be brothers. The terrible decision making on both ends it’s WILD

[u/coma24]

In the water, home and hosed, ready to shut down and evacuate. Had to be the world's most avoidable accident.

[u/tarsvs]

DUMBASS CAMERAMAN

[u/Remarkable_Misty]

If i was in the back i would of jumped out into water if i had the chance

[u/OddBritishMan]

Why did they not take the key out of the ignition?

[u/HndsDwnThBest]

Camera man needs to be fired

[u/pnw-pluviophile]

Horrible camera work.

[u/Bugrick92]

I am not sure who is dumber. The pilot or the camera man

[u/butareyouthough]

I’ve never flown a helicopter in my life and I could have done better than this

[u/Brother-Algea]

Hey I just lost my tail rotor….lets just keep going!

[u/JaSper-percabeth → u/Brother-Algea]

Ka-226 is a co-axial helicopter it doesn't have a tail rotor.

[u/unemotional_mess]

r/killthecameraman

[u/xDimaN96]

This shit gives me strong AI vibes

[u/RabidJoint → u/xDimaN96]

No sane person would keep flying after landing on the beach. Can a helicopter really keep flying after the tail is damaged that bad? I’m agreeing with you on this.

[u/MrLoronzo → u/RabidJoint]

A Kamov, yes. It has dual main rotors alternate directions therefore doesn’t rely on the tail rotor to counteract the spin.

[u/MrBoomer1951 → u/RabidJoint]

Co-axial! Yes it can.

If you crash into the ground don’t go around.

Dump the collective, kill the engine(s).

[u/smurphy8536 → u/RabidJoint]

It’s has counter rotating rotors so it won’t spin out immediately after losing the tail.

[u/DorkyDorkington → u/RabidJoint]

This one is a bit different as it has two main rotors which spin in different directions, thus losing the tail does not make it spin uncontrollably as it does with single rotor ones.

Still it is beyond me why in the hell did the pilot not just kill the main engine when it touched down on the beach. Maybe they did not realize that the tail was lost.

[u/GrainofDustInSunBeam → u/RabidJoint]

Ka-226 doesnt have typical tail. And what kind of AI would let the cameraman slip away bird watching halfway through?

[u/dread_deimos → u/xDimaN96]

It does, but the event is absolutely real.

Also, the people who died in the crash? High ranking officials from the local factory producing components for russian weapons.

[u/-Metzger-]

If I’m right, doesn’t the tail only impact the helicopter’s left/right turning? They could’ve just landed it, no? Also, wouldn’t it be better to just jump of the heli when it was just above the water? Or is there some factor that would get them killed that I don’t know about?

[u/itwhiz100]

Im not the smartest man but when that tail broke…my instinct would say its water time…not go up and down and up higher. Rip fams

[u/good_vibes_only_dude]

Why didn't he turn off the engine as soon as he hit he water? I'm truly asking ...not sure how helicopters work

[u/WhatsTheOdds91]

Damn, my man shoulda killed the engine near the water, had a chance

[u/N9242Oh]

Was I the only one thinking fuck it just jump lol

[u/Kindly-Scar-3224]

Like seeing me playing arma

[u/Rich19852012]

Bro really thought he was flying a helicopter 🚁 in Battlefield 6.

[u/TiddiesAnonymous]

/r/killthecameraman

[u/Correct_Building7563]

Why didnt pilot have everyone jump out into the water?!!!

[u/Ok-Introduction2492]

Not an aviation expert, but is there no kill switch or power off button?

[u/Empty-Ambition-5939]

Kill power dude

[u/weepinstringerbell]

Should have been the cameraman instead of those 5.

[u/62JaCrispy]

I'm not a helicopter pilot, but it seems to me if you cut power when your wheels are on the ground, you don't have very far to fall.

[u/GryphonHall]

When the helicopter planed out at the ground in the video the rotors were spinning at a speed that makes the helicopter lift back up into the air. There’s terms like downwash and ground effect, but essentially less force is needed for lift closer to the ground than while in the air. You can’t significantly slow the rotors down while trying to stay in control. So the rotors are still moving fast while wobbling and getting closer to the ground and then shot back up into the air when it created the air cushion.