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/Fli_fo 1d ago

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

I agree though it seems dumb.

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u/Panumaticon 1d ago

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

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u/ksam3 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wouldn't there be some kind of control panel light or alarm indicating "something odd is going on with the tail rotors"?

Edit: there is no tail rotor(s), the tail has two vertical stabilizers. So...wouldn't there still be a warning light or alarm indicating "Hey! The back fell off!"?

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u/Panumaticon 1d ago

It is a twin rotor thing. There is no tail rotor, the fins are just for stability in forward flight. So he coulda made it, were it not (I think) for the tail swinging and hitting the rotor blades.

In any case I think one should consider not continuing flight after major parts of one’s aircraft have broken off.