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Helicopter crash in NYC East River
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:26 pm
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Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:35 pm to tween the hedges
Ole baw set it down pretty easy in the river
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:37 pm to tween the hedges
Pilot escaped and is ok but all 5 passengers died. Water temp was 40F and moving at 4 mph.
This post was edited on 3/12/18 at 3:52 am
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:37 pm to tween the hedges
Pilot got out. I think 5 people are trapped. Happened right outside my place. I have a partial river view and it turned into a disaster scene right as I was rocking my one year old to sleep. Thought a couple of the search helicopters were going to come through the window.
The river is moving pretty fast and the search boats were a few blocks away by the time I went outside. Hope the passengers are found alive, but it is a long shot.
ETA: 2 dead 3 critical
LINK
The river is moving pretty fast and the search boats were a few blocks away by the time I went outside. Hope the passengers are found alive, but it is a long shot.
ETA: 2 dead 3 critical
LINK
This post was edited on 3/11/18 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:15 pm to MSTiger33
quote:shite that's horrible. The impact didn't look that bad but what do I know about helicopters hitting water
ETA: Looks like all five died.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:23 pm to tween the hedges
40 degree water.
From link I infer pilot took only raft.
From link I infer pilot took only raft.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:31 pm to tween the hedges
BAN Helicopters!!!
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:34 pm to tween the hedges
Needed Sully
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:43 pm to East Coast Band
That “crash”/ autorotation was pretty well performed, they probably all drowned or tried to get out with the rotors still turning and got hit.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:54 pm to jpainter6174
Sounds like it was a tour run by a company called FLYNYON where the helicopter doors are off and the passengers are harnessed in and hanging off the side.
The passengers were screwed as soon as they hit the freezing waters.
The passengers were screwed as soon as they hit the freezing waters.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:57 pm to CelticDog
quote:
From link I infer pilot took only raft.
Welp that was quite the heroic gesture.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:59 pm to Jim Rockford
He’s probably the only one with any kind of training in that situation.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:35 pm to jpainter6174
It's been updated. 2 dead and 3 critical. shite news reported 5 dead earlier.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:54 pm to tween the hedges
Well that explains all the sirens I heard earlier 
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:03 pm to tween the hedges
Seems like someone could invent a landing cushioning/buoyancy system that inflates right before impact.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:08 pm to AUsteriskPride
Emergency deployment floatation equipment has been around for a long time.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:11 pm to tween the hedges
Terrible news. My friend told me about the crash a few hours ago, hope they found some survivors
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:15 pm to AUsteriskPride
Already exists. If you've ever spent time in helicopters you would understand why so few survive crashes.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:27 pm to AUsteriskPride
quote:
Seems like someone could invent a landing cushioning/buoyancy system that inflates right before impact.
Choppers that carry tourists around here are required to have floatations devices on the skids. I wouldn't put a lot of faith in them
Posted on 3/12/18 at 1:03 am to jpainter6174
I know many helo drivers. Word is that he had an engine failure and auto rotated into the river. Floats may not have deployed properly and it went under quickly. Poor passengers were in full harness and hit that cold water. Unless you've had HUET/Heeds training you likely wouldn't have a good chance.
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