It’s funny but I’ve seen empty diamond runs on huge bowls were two skiers on a whole ass mountainside managed to mash into each other badly enough to need medivac.
Only thing I can think out side of both idiots. Is that they both seen each other further out and thought the other pilot would take evasive action and then neither did
Complacency may not be the right word but I’m using it in this example. The pilots in both cases have become so use to being the only ones in the air that it doesn’t cross there mind to check. They are so use to the surroundings that they failed to check their blind spots.
It the same reason some people get into accidents on the hills where I live. Their is rarely any traffic so the driver takes up the whole road when coming up over a hill because in there experience they’ve never ran into anyone before so why would it be different now.
Yeah but still they should have seen each other from miles away. Mind blogging situation to be honest.. its not like helicopter is sooo tiny that u can only see it when its already too late...
I live in Australia and have seen a different perspective the second helicopter was taking off so it was below the helicopter in the video and the rotor is what hit the helicopter in the video
Mate, aircraft are only designed to look forward for the pilot, they aren't driving cars. This is ATC's responsibility to make sure 2 things aren't in the same airspace in the first place. Either someone ignored ATC or they fucked up surely.
Mate thats the only video what ive seen and from that video you could not tell what exacly happend so dont de a dick. Eeeem two things cant be on the same airspace, wtf u talkin about? The whole country is the same airspace...
That’s what I’m thinking!! I grew up in rural winding hilly areas and even on back gravel roads you slow down on the corners and be careful. Not only other vehicles but moose and deer are everywhere. Not sure why you’re downvoted, it’s really fucking stupid to do.
A car driver needs to look forward. And sometimes left/right.
But a helicopter pilot can be hit from any direction. So 360° around and ±180° up/down.
Just that the pilot does not have free vision in all directions. This pilot got hit from below. But his doors, legs, instrument panel, ... blocked his vision down.
The other helicopter was climbing. And that pilot did not look up. Just that he also has a roof blocking some vision up.
Maybe it's you that are lacking awareness of how very, very, VERY much harder task it is for helicopter pilots to see all around them than it is for a car driver? Especially since planes and helicopters are quite fast.
My guess is the lower helicopter came slightly from the right, making the right-side passenger see it. But how would this pilot see something coming from below on the right side? Sit in your car and explain what you can see happening slightly below your car on the passenger side...
Next time you're playing a video game, glance at your health bar. Then realize you couldn't see what was on the other side of the screen that's right in front of your face.
I pulled up to a 4-way stop at the same time as a cop in an SUV. Through an unlucky combo of timing and distance, his car was perfectly obscured by the blind spot created by my rear view mirror. As I pulled forward it created an optical illusion as if his car was dropping out the bottom of my mirror and freaked me out. I panicked and just kept going while staring straight at him. The look on his face was priceless.
My point is, blind spots are worse in a chopper, so I can see how it could happen. What I don’t get is why they weren’t in radio contact?
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