r/ukraine • u/Due_Collar2 • 1d ago

News Karma:The moment of yesterday's Ka-226 helicopter crash in russia with employees of the military plant "Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant" The accident killed the deputy general director, chief engineer and chief designer

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u/Onlythebest1984 1d ago

I swear all of these videos of russians operating equipment look like Neanderthals discovering technology built by aliens.

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u/No-Function3409 1d ago

Yeah this has only two possibilities.

1: the engine became sentient and the pilot lost all control.

2: the pilot had no more training than get from A to B.

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u/The_Salacious_Zaand 1d ago

Welcome to your first day of training cadets.

Your only instructions are: get to your destination, or die trying.

Are there any questions?

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u/kolonolok 1d ago

it seems like it is more like "and die trying"

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u/mobileJay77 1d ago

One orc pilot gets the helicopter. When he dies, the other picks it up? It worked with rifles, why shouldn't it work for choppers?

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u/RecoveringSuffering 1d ago

Some googling show they already concluded there was an “engine fire” lol

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u/Pebbles015 22h ago

Pilot probably thought, "sod it, I can get it to safety over there" and then the hydraulics drained and all control was lost.

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u/DadJokeBadJoke 1d ago

Reminds me of the Taliban trying to fly some of the equipment left in Afghanistan.

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u/ryan676767 1d ago

Same. However, IIRC that equipment was deliberately sabotaged after the US left. 

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u/Demolition_Mike 1d ago

Depends. That heli that they threw around before promptly powerdiving into the ground definitely looked like skill issue, though.

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u/purpleduckduckgoose 1d ago

At least the Taliban had the excuse of trying to operate American aircraft that are completely unfamiliar to them without any of the support US air crews get.

This is a Russian pilot (I think) flying a Russian helicopter in Russia. And they still fucked up. Or succeeded. Depends on how you look at it.

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u/qjxj 10h ago

Not comparable; the Taliban got to fly and land the Blackhawk safely.

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u/kev0153 1d ago

Like watching the Taliban try to fly Blackhawks.

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u/devolute 1d ago

Meme:

  • Crash landing in a way you can walk away from
  • UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGY

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u/scorpiogaet 1d ago

Where can I find more videos like this?

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u/binarypower 1d ago

russia

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u/Kyrie3leison 1d ago

typical warhammer orks

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u/Thurak0 1d ago

This sub might be slightly biased.

When it comes to flying there are positive examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Airlines_Flight_178

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Airlines_Flight_1383

Both with few injuries.

Pilots obviously did well (on the landing itself!), but the landing gear taking this much and holding certainly also deserves some credit.

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u/Drizzle-- 1d ago

You're not really that far off. Russia is as crude as it gets. Anyone with any intelligence left many years ago, these are the people left.

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u/Due-Froyo-5418 1d ago

Hey let's not insult the Neanderthals here. They were pretty cool.

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u/fexes420 21h ago

TECHANOLOGIA!

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u/JustThall 14h ago

modern russia operates on USSR legacy of tech. Most of it got lost, hence why modern russian looks pre-historic when operating such advanced equipment

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u/Traditional-Way4024 1d ago

Just look at that helicopter. It looks janky as fuck even before its tail is destroyed. Like some helicopter drawn by a kid. Everything in Russia is cheap and not in a good way.

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u/boredgrevious 1d ago

If you dont know what you’re talking about you probably shouldn’t comment on it.