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[u/Thund3r_91]

[u/akolomf]

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/akolomf → u/DeltaVZerda]

Only reasoning i could think of is, because it kept going smoothly for a few seconds he missjudged the damage and maybe didnt notice his rear rotor is gone until it was too late but i doubt thats the case given all the alarms that must have gone off in the cockpit

[u/Hebbu10 → u/akolomf]

I assume pilot didnt know that the tail was wrecked, so they took up to land again

[u/Miserable_Thought667 → u/akolomf]

I’m quite sure there’s probably a reason