Here's something pretty interesting. Going by the video, it was uploaded today, March 21st, but I'm not sure if it happened today. Anyway, due to a dangerous maneuver performance, a helicopter crashed in the snow in Afghanistan. Fortunately, nobody was injured, including the pilots.
Quite surprising that no one got injured... If one of the blades had broken, the guys on the ground would've been screwed. Anyhow, to add - This isn't a dangerous maneuver, per se. It's called return to target (which I think is similar to touch-and-go for planes), and I don't think the maneuver itself is that dangerous. The problem was the altitude; they were flying lower than they were supposed to. Also, contrary to popular belief, it isn't that uncommon for helicopters to land horizontally, like a planes. For example, when I was a passenger on a test-flight (Heli), they went in for landing like that. They didn't land that way, because the landing gear didn't work the way they wanted, but it is still very possible. Anyhow, I think the snow/area might have been one reason for the crash. I'm not an expert, but if I'm not mistaken, if it was flat grass/asphalt, it wouldn't have been "caught" the way it did.
While it is kinda scary, that was awesome to see. Like something out of a movie. Still, good thing no one got hurt. Thank the snow everyone, it is a big help in more ways than one. That thing came in really quickly though. Why didn't they just come in slower? Or maybe come down vertically
If you at all read my post - it was training. You don't make situations easier while training. The only difference there should be is that you are not getting fired at. The speed was fine, it was the altitude that was the problem.
Huh....Wow...with all those people down on the ground, it's really surprising that no one got hurt. o_o
