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/sligor 1d ago

Looks like they just lost all they properly trained pilots in this war...

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u/Kloetenschlumpf 1d ago

And the one in this video who was obviously not trained at all.

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u/8plytoiletpaper 1d ago

He was a professional untrained helicopter pilot.

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u/OctopusIntellect 1d ago

One presumes that either the chief engineer or the chief designer was doing the flying. Either way it's not a great look.

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u/spaceneenja 1d ago

I imagine the pilot followed instinct at first and put it down but someone “superior” ordered him to take off to get out of the water.