Australian Blackhawk Chopper Down

**Mully** · 19th June 2007, 19:33

Yo,

Anyone see this on the news tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmS4r6_yjQ

Just released footage of the Aussie Blackhawk which crashed in Fiji.

Looks like something out of Thunderbirds.

**Timber020** · 19th June 2007, 19:42

Was that the one that landed on the boat with all the finesse of a kamakazi attack? Looked pretty grim, had to either be mechanical or the guy thought the big "H" on the deck stood for hammer.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th June 2007, 19:44

Originally Posted by Timber020

Was that the one that landed on the boat with all the finesse of a kamakazi attack? Looked pretty grim, had to either be mechanical or the guy thought the big "H" on the deck stood for hammer.

I'm guessing there is more to it... something didn't look right about the approach vector

**doc** · 19th June 2007, 19:51

If you saw it , were you not listening to the newsreader. They said that a Helicopter had never successfully landed in those conditons before. Pilot error .

**Mully** · 19th June 2007, 19:59

Originally Posted by doc

They said that a Helicopter had never successfully landed in those conditons before. Pilot error .

Yeah, they also said a chopper had never been landed in those conditions in the simulator!!!

**skelstar** · 19th June 2007, 20:18

What conditions...on a ship? (didn't have audio with my tube)...

Looked sureal, not quite right.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th June 2007, 20:26

The sea conditions looked pretty calm to me...

**Dave Lobster** · 19th June 2007, 20:46

Ouch.. and ouch again.

**tri boy** · 19th June 2007, 21:18

I'm no expert, but seemed he came in way too fast and apparently with the wind.
Tragic loss of life.

Any comments on hovering/matching ship speed etc?

**nudemetalz** · 19th June 2007, 21:39

The ship did look like it was listing a little plus had some up and down pitching but the Blackhawk did look like it approached way too fast.

This what happens when you don't secure a Blackhawk to the ship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-AC...elated&search=

**Skunk** · 19th June 2007, 21:46

Fark. That was hard. Don't they normally approach from the rear of the ship?

**Sniper** · 20th June 2007, 08:30

Bugger

**RC1** · 20th June 2007, 08:52

almost loked like a model hitting the deck, didnt seem real but tragically it was ,

**onearmedbandit** · 20th June 2007, 09:00

Laughing at some of the comments here. Very funny. An expert chopper pilot with no doubt thousands of hours under his/her belt crashes in conditions that other experts said the flight should've never been ok'ed, but hey it looked pretty calm out there.....

**sAsLEX** · 20th June 2007, 09:32

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Laughing at some of the comments here. Very funny. An expert chopper pilot with no doubt thousands of hours under his/her belt crashes in conditions that other experts said the flight should've never been ok'ed, but hey it looked pretty calm out there.....

http://www.navy.gov.au/publications/...05/wheels.html

Bit of real life story on what happens on a crash on deck.