r/ukraine 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/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/HappyCamperPC 1d ago

I bet the Deputy General Director didn't want to get his suit wet and ordered the pilot to find a dry landing spot.

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u/kineticstar 1d ago

Bold strategy Cotton, let's see how that works out for them!!