Dumb question not knowing anything about flying helicopters. Why couldn’t he just stop and hover? Could he have stopped all horizontal and vertical movement? At least until he figured out what to do?
Dumb question not knowing anything about flying helicopters. Why couldn’t he just stop and hover?
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That’s an excellent question, and I think he should have done that under the circumstances and with hindsight.
I don’t have an answer. My guess is he was under time pressure.
I live in an area where people will put your life in danger to save two seconds off their commute.