(04-11-2025, 11:00 PM)727Sky Wrote: This is an update on the helicopter crash which killed 6 people on April 10, 2025. I have hundreds if not 1000s of hours flying a Bell 206 Jet Ranger and if maintained they are a great helicopter IMO. For this pilot to cause mask bumping and have the main rotor cut the tailboom off will be a mystery to me as it would take a massive abrupt control input to manage such a feat.
In such a situation the Helicopter becomes a non-flying brick and does not have the aerodynamics of even a lawn dart. Bad but quick way to go... Sorry for the family RIP
heard this morning the NTSB is looking at maybe a massive bird strike. said it might have hit a whole flock and are asking for people that may have seen it, or have any video of the crash.
Quote:The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), during a news conference Friday at Jersey City Hall, said "everything is on the table" and it was not "rul[ing] anything out" in its investigation into the fatal crash of a tour helicopter in the Hudson River Thursday. The NTSB will look into witness reports of a large flock of birds in the area before the crash.
Police and Law Enforcement ‘Everything is on the table’ as NTSB investigates deadly Hudson River tour helicopter crash
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