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An Airbus H-125 helicopter crashed in France while taking in water to fight a fire. The two pilots and a firefighter on board were able to get out of the water unharmed. (i.imgur.com)
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[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Damn, I wonder how the pilot got caught up on that? Here in California, a firefighting helicopter dipping like that happens a hundred times a day in the summer and there has never been such a crash.

Edit: it looks like the error happened just before/right when the video starts. The pilot dropped waaaay too fast and didn’t give enough time for the ground effect to reduce before going in for a dip. There was no saving that crash like 10 seconds before it happened.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not an expert, but I suspect they descended into their own vortex, and went into a vortex ring state, and subsequently lost lift.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state

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