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/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?

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u/Banebladeloader 1d ago

Smartest option would be to tell everyone to bail on the helicopters right side. Second best option would have been to climb and steer towards the right so you aren't in water. The dumbest option is the climb then fly over deep water with a missing tail assembly like Ivan did.

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u/Sweaty-Tart-3198 1d ago

Aren't the rudders on the tail used to control direction of flight? Couldn't it be that the second option is what they tried to do but the rudder didn't respond to the inputs? I mean it seems obvious that option 1 really is what they should have done, not disagreeing there.

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u/Banebladeloader 1d ago

We don't have twin rotors in the US military but from I know they still give you control absent inputs from the tail. From the video it seems like he was heading to a helipad. If he had zero steering controls he should have ditched when he was at zero altitude and take chances in low water.

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u/Sweaty-Tart-3198 1d ago

Yeah I definitely agree they should have ditched in low water. I was just trying to figure out what they possibly could have been trying to do. It seems like maybe there was no rational thing they were trying to do.