Intentional. Deliberate. Unprofessional. Unbecoming. Dangerous. Mean. They should get the boot.
'It was a mistake.' They should get the boot.
It’s like a Mel Brooks script directed by Tobe Hooper.
Military helicopter with all the bells and whistles, no way they were bland to how many and the nature of the landing site.
Either this was willful or grossly incompetent, both require immediate dismissal and an investigation, willful requires legal actions, incompetent - was DEI involved (fire the command structure as well then!).
“What this situation was was they were bringing in a generator to that landing site...”
Did the helicopter have a generator slung under it?
Or was it a tiny generator that was being carried inside the aircraft? If that was the case, they could have brought it in via land vehicle.
I’ve been in a helicopter. You can tell from pretty far away if there’s something on your landing area. That was deliberate.
Oh bullshit, crap happens......Sheesh!
Inconsequential ass holes like to bitch and moan about everything while actually doing nothing at all worth a damn
During Katria there were rumors of people shooting at helicopers...
I wondered if this was an attempt to draw fire so the “vicious redneck” trope could be used.
What a lying POS. That guard commander needs to be removed from service, along with the pilot!
An investigative sleuth on twitter found that the helo belonged to the CT National Guard ( in the vic same time as the NC Guard helo)
Observers reported the unmarked helo pilots and a backseat passenger were masked.
My suspicion: someone from DHS or FEMA was doing a joyride over the area, 2 black SUVs had briefly visited the site an hour earlier ( Cajun Navy supply site) and the helo made a visit to harass them.
The NC Guard is taking the fall to protect DHS.
“As they approached they noticed that there were too many people and too many tents and commodities too close to the landing site, so they pulled in power to take back off ... and the rotor wash caused that damage.”
That’s a damn lie. I saw the video.
Whatever.
Someone in a position of authority actually took it upon themselves to claim responsibility.
Fire them? They should be given a frickin award for this!
If more people this that, we wouldn’t have so many disillusioned folks that have become bitter and hateful about everything and everyone.
They needed a generator to charge the tiny chainsaws.
As if the pilot couldn’t see the people, vehicles and all the brightly colored packages of supplies by the pallet load before getting that low? BS
I followed NC NG X account for a week and they were in places like Asheville, always on intact roads or parking lots. This must have been their first trip anywhere near hill country where the roads and houses were washed away and people were buried alive in mud.
Did not look intentional at all. If it had been intentional it would have been much worse. That looked more like what happens on a breezy day at any art fair in the country. Those little 10 x 10 tents will lift off in a heartbeat even in a light wind if not firmly weighted down.
People need to get a grip.
Second rotorwash event and I think this one is what the NC NG is apologizing for, not the blackhawk. This one’s a Chinook.
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1843369735456534753
Someone on the ground is more to blame for not controlling the landing zone.
Serious question:
Were they trying to land and didn’t realize how bad they were going to blow everything around, until too late?
Or was it a deliberate action? (like if there was really no place to land, and they just were being a$$holes)
Sometimes this happens
Not buyin it! 🙄