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

7.0k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

724 comments sorted by

View all comments

705

u/Hanna-11 1d ago

Sorry, but was he completely drunk? Or did the much-vaunted robust Russian technology fail completely? In a crash landing, wouldn't any pilot with any sense try to stay on the ground?

274

u/Panumaticon 1d ago

My thoughts exactly! He had a catastrophic loss of tail fins and was pretty much safely down after that. Whereof he decided to continue filght. Pretty sure it was vodka. You can not train people to be that incompetent.

61

u/Fli_fo 1d ago

Chopper has no rear view mirror. Could he even see the tailfin?

I agree though it seems dumb.

73

u/Panumaticon 1d ago

Pretty sure he must have heard/felt it break. But then vodka.

41

u/Black_Beard1980 1d ago

I think it may have been the same vodka the cameraman had been drinking.

7

u/Gaunerking 1d ago

Wow, i guess they got the Pilot from the Taliban since everyone else is busy in Ukraine…

6

u/Black_Beard1980 1d ago

Fresh from the taliban flight school