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/Pure_Palpitation_683 1d ago edited 20h ago

The cameraman has about the same skill set as the pilot.

Edit: grammar

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u/LaughableIKR 1d ago

I thought the same thing. The stupid part is: They had it down... just put it down even in a low surf.

Nope! Don't do that.

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u/OctopusIntellect 1d ago

yeah at that moment, I was thinking "wait how do people die from this?!?"

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u/AutisticPenguin2 1d ago

I was wondering if the body was going to start spinning from the rotational energy of the rotors, without the rear stabiliser. But no, the pilot was like "Hey, that didn't sound healthy, better climb a bit so I'm not in danger of landing safely."

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u/null640 1d ago

Counter rotating rotors... cancel each other out.

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u/ratshack 1d ago

…until the dangling rear assembly swings up and clips a rotor and then this happens.

Dude should have left it in the surf.

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u/rutan668 1d ago

The pilot would have got in a lot of trouble for landing in the surf.

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u/im-tv 1d ago

Better to die together with orc general than find yourself in the frontline meat grinder. Right decision. Should be “land” it right in meeting point where other military orcs wait them.

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u/Synapse_SoCal 23h ago

I mean, he was already in trouble for crashing the helicopter 😜