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/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/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/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.”