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re: Three LSU Phi Mu's die in helicopter crash with billionaire Chris Cline

Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:00 pm to
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:00 pm to
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2am takeoff is strange.


unless it was a medical emergency,


I thought one of the articles already said they were taking an ill person back to his home in Palm Beach
This post was edited on 7/5/19 at 12:01 pm
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:00 pm to
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Who knows or cares?

I don't particularly care, my original comment was that I was surprised that a high roller like that, particularly with those kids, was at Walker's, it would be like Trump vacationing at a KOA, except there would be even less to do at Walker's
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:01 pm to
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looks like there is undeployed flotation on the skids


That’s the big question to me.

EFS failure? Pilot error?

It does not seem likely that he lost the horizon and flew into the water at full speed based on the relatively intact airframe.

Almost has to be controlled descent. But who knows?

Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:02 pm to
Posted by AFistfulof$
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2013
973 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:07 pm to
Wtf are you talking ab? Are you trying to think like a college aged sorority girl but using your own opinion? A $100 million yacht in the Bahamas with personal servants, jet skis, top shelf everything while island hopping? Yea that sounds so boring! Do you understand young/or females at all?? I’ll give you a hint, they like expensive shite
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20253 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:08 pm to
Most Phi Mu’s I know are fat
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:16 pm to
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This post was edited on 7/5/19 at 12:22 pm
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:17 pm to
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I thought one of the articles already said they were taking an ill person back to his home in Palm Beach


NY Post says that.

So wild arse speculation, but . . .

Sleepy pilot not accustomed to flying at night. He’s under time pressure to get a sick kid to a medical facility. He misses a step in the checklist (fuel-related?) and loses power while low and slow (and heavy).

Tries to auto rotate but does not deploy EFS. Maybe he doesn’t have time. Maybe his reactions are slow because it is two am.

That’s my WAG.

Nothing but sorrow for the families and those poor terrified people who drowned in a dark cabin, the horror of which is not lost on me. I hope speculating on the cause does not seem callous.
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:17 pm to
Well add this story to the mix. And, with a photo of yet another model aircraft.
Link to story about helicopter crash
Second link. Pic shown is definitely not an AW139.
Second article.
Photo of AW139 with N Number N32CC

This post was edited on 7/5/19 at 12:30 pm
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:21 pm to
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Kenner Girl Identified in the Crash




damn...we have a few mutual friends that obviously went to LSU with her...so sad
Posted by BourreTheDog
Member since May 2016
2418 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:34 pm to
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that would only make it worse for the girls, unless the harbor has been expanded since I've been there that wouldn't fit in Walker's, they'd be stuck on the boat


They had access to a helo and more money than some 3rd world countries w/ in an hour to nearly all of the islands. I think they could’ve found something to keep them occupied.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:38 pm to
Yeah. Something doesn’t match.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:40 pm to
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They had access to a helo and more money than some 3rd world countries w/ in an hour to nearly all of the islands. I think they could’ve found something to keep them occupied.


apparently they were at Big Grand Cay, makes a lot more sense, and all of the Walker's discussion moot


ETA: even if they had the ship's chopper on board, and I think that's highly unlikely, you can't just go into another country's airspace and start island hopping all over the place at will, especially one that is in a major drug trafficking route, doesn't work like that, ask Jimmy Buffett
This post was edited on 7/5/19 at 12:45 pm
Posted by jimdog
columbus, ga
Member since Dec 2012
6636 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:42 pm to
Life is precious. So never take anything including the next day for granted. Horrible. Especially those youngsters leaving this earth too soon.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:48 pm to
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Yeah. Something doesn’t match.



Nassau Helicopters operates the Bell 206. Maybe someone got sick and Cline chartered one locally.

The picture could be a 206, and it would hold seven people.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:48 pm to
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Maybe someone got sick and Cline chartered one locally.

that's what I'm thinking
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:54 pm to
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Yeah. Something doesn’t match.


What doesn’t match?

Search that tail number and it shows it’s owned by a WV company.
Posted by Tempratt
WRMS Girls Soccer Team Kicks arse
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:57 pm to
Damn!
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:57 pm to
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My cousin Megan is in Phi Mu at LSU. I don’t think she knows about this since she is in Europe right now.

Could you get Megan to list the locations, especially if international, of all current LSU Phi Mu students, to further improve this thread?
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
24275 posts
Posted on 7/5/19 at 12:58 pm to
What doesn't match are the pics included with the stories.
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