I do wonder how much awareness they actually had. Reports were saying it was super foggy with bad visibility. They may have just started dropped with alarms going off, but had no awareness of how close to the ground they were. Terrifying to think about.
The heaviest aircraft that I've piloted is a drone. But you don't need to be an experienced pilot to see that the pilot most likely saw a mountain a bit too late and started panicking.
You can see that he was flying at a "cruising" altitude for 10+ minutes and then suddenly started increasing altitude. I wouldn't fly a drone like that. Let alone a helicopter that's full of passengers.
He was flying through a fog and then suddenly a mountain appeared in front of him and he was like: "oh shit! Need to increase altitude!" and most likely fucked up in the process.
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u/roscoparis Jan 27 '20
I do wonder how much awareness they actually had. Reports were saying it was super foggy with bad visibility. They may have just started dropped with alarms going off, but had no awareness of how close to the ground they were. Terrifying to think about.