NC National Guard helicopter crew grounded after ‘rotor wash’ incident blows away Helene aid

WCBD via MSN ^ | 10/09/24 | Rodney Overton

[Libloather]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The North Carolina National Guard says a Black Hawk helicopter crew was grounded after an incident in which they flew low over a Hurricane Helene donation and supply area, blowing over three tents and scattering items in the air.

[Libloather]

Fire them.

[Persevero]

Heck charge them with assault.

What a hideous thing to do. Unspeakable.

[Steely Tom]

Looks like a nice pile of disaster aid you’ve accumulated there. Be a shame if something happened to it.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I first heard it was a twin-rotor cargo Chinook - not a single rotor, much smaller Blackhawk.

[NorthMountain]

After the items were blown away, “The crew immediately identified the situation, aborted the landing for safety reasons, and departed the area.”

Baloney. That entire situation was unsafe and unprofessional. At best. I wouldn't be surprised if deliberate malice was involved.

[pfflier]

Fire them.

Ready, Fire, Aim. There has to be so much more to this story.

[Gaffer]

The videos clearly show it was a UH60

[NorthMountain]

Some people don’t know their hindquarters from a hole in the ground. Video clearly shows a Black Hawk.

[stanne]

Someone had the presence of mind to video it.

[quilterdebbie]

That was ridiculous! What did they think they were doing?

[Red Badger]

There’s two separate incidents...,..,.

[NorthMountain]

Indeed ... and that may have helped identify the irresponsible crew.

[Red Badger]

There’s two separate incidents...,..

[NorthMountain]

???

Once is happenstance.

Twice is coincidence.

Thrice ...

[Red Badger]

There’s two separate incidents...,

[ponygirl]

There were two separate events one was a Chinook and the other was an unmarked Blackhawk. The Blackhawk incident at a Cajun Navy supply station looked intentional. The Chinook incident didn’t have enough video detail to really determine, but 3 people were sent to the hospital.

[NorthMountain]

Thanks! Hadn't heard about the Shi Chinook incident.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Army Blackhawks....

[mrmeyer]

Agree. Probably DEI pilots.

[Gaffer]

The Chinook one was clearly out in a field somewhere - the UH 60 at the big parking lot is the one that’s most prevalent on the media today