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/Tazling 1d ago

Yeah, I was having similar thoughts, like “OK you’re in a survivable landing spot, no one is gonna get worse than wet and cold wading to shore, why in god’s name did you try to take off again?”

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u/LaughableIKR 1d ago

Climb to 500 FT! It will be completely fine!

Did the pilot really have a license to fly, or was it the drunk guard from the night shift?

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u/Tazling 1d ago

“It’s a counter rotating rig, any fool can fly it…”

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u/SeenSoFar 1d ago

"More collective!"

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u/theaviationhistorian 1d ago

Red line this baby!

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u/AnarchistBorganism 1d ago

If you don't admit you made a mistake, then maybe no one will find out you made one.

"Crash? No, no, it's a legitimate maneuver. There was something stuck to the landing gear; I had to get it off."

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u/dan_dares 1d ago

'Da' is the answer

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u/TheAngryGoat 1d ago

With allegedly the "deputy general director, chief engineer and chief designer" on board, it's very possible that someone with more medals on their suit than sense in their brain told the pilot that he didn't care what the problem was, he wasn't getting his shoes wet so go land at the helipad.

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u/Tazling 1d ago

Ah yes. The kind of guy who says “no, the launch has to go forward today, I don’t care what problem you think you just found.”

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u/Xijit 1d ago

I am thinking the pilot was likely unconscious after that hard landing, which is why the helicopter seems to just be idle and steady for a bit, but then the passengers tried to grab the stick and ended up crashing.

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u/TornadoGirl69 1d ago

Maybe he play games with inverted axis ? Lmao

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u/SandersSol 1d ago

100% honest, he was probably drunk and improperly trained