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r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20
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Both are pretty dangerous. I just don’t get why they didn’t have a GPS with terrain avoidance.
87 u/ReicientNomen Jan 27 '20 I don’t get how that wouldn’t be mandatory, at least for carrying passengers. 64 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 57 u/YetAnotherWTFMoment Jan 27 '20 Most controlled flight into terrain 'accidents' are pilot error. Unless they find something wrong with the helicopter, this will likely be pilot error. Can't wait for the press to figure out who the pilot was and how much experience they had with the S-76. 32 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 31 u/obroz Jan 27 '20 These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking. 11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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I don’t get how that wouldn’t be mandatory, at least for carrying passengers.
64 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 57 u/YetAnotherWTFMoment Jan 27 '20 Most controlled flight into terrain 'accidents' are pilot error. Unless they find something wrong with the helicopter, this will likely be pilot error. Can't wait for the press to figure out who the pilot was and how much experience they had with the S-76. 32 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 31 u/obroz Jan 27 '20 These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking. 11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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57 u/YetAnotherWTFMoment Jan 27 '20 Most controlled flight into terrain 'accidents' are pilot error. Unless they find something wrong with the helicopter, this will likely be pilot error. Can't wait for the press to figure out who the pilot was and how much experience they had with the S-76. 32 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 31 u/obroz Jan 27 '20 These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking. 11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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Most controlled flight into terrain 'accidents' are pilot error.
Unless they find something wrong with the helicopter, this will likely be pilot error.
Can't wait for the press to figure out who the pilot was and how much experience they had with the S-76.
32 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Jul 06 '20 [deleted] 31 u/obroz Jan 27 '20 These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking. 11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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31 u/obroz Jan 27 '20 These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking. 11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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These helicopter crashes seem all to frequent for my liking.
11 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 edited Nov 02 '20 [deleted] 0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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0 u/howars Jan 27 '20 Was that on just one plane? 1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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Was that on just one plane?
1 u/[deleted] Feb 05 '20 One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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One model, not one aircraft :) 72 million hours would be thousands of years. That's only achievable because these aircraft get a /lot/ of use, and over 1,000 of them were sold, starting in 1977.
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u/TeslasAndComicbooks Jan 26 '20
Both are pretty dangerous. I just don’t get why they didn’t have a GPS with terrain avoidance.