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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·28 days agoI’ve never once seen a helicopter crash that looked anything at all like it was falling with a parachute.
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·28 days agoThat’s because the helicopter crashes you’ve seen were the ones where something catastrophic happened, like a midair collision or a pilot error. That’s what makes the news, not the safe landings where engine failure has occurred.
minus-squareMagnum, P.I.@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up8·28 days agoThe crashes you seen had their tail damaged.
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoAn auto rotation isn’t a crash. An auto rotation can end up as one but usually looks like a normal landing
I’ve never once seen a helicopter crash that looked anything at all like it was falling with a parachute.
That’s because the helicopter crashes you’ve seen were the ones where something catastrophic happened, like a midair collision or a pilot error. That’s what makes the news, not the safe landings where engine failure has occurred.
The crashes you seen had their tail damaged.
An auto rotation isn’t a crash. An auto rotation can end up as one but usually looks like a normal landing