Posted on 02/23/2022 5:48:18 AM PST by Red Badger
A helicopter crashed in Hawaii on Tuesday morning, killing four people, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) confirmed. There were no survivors of the crash, and the victims identities have not been released.
The helicopter was operated by Croman Corporation, a contractor that "provides range support services to PMRF," the facility said in a statement. The helicopter was supporting a "range training operation" when it crashed north of the missile facility, located near Kekaha on the island of Kauai, just after 10 a.m. local time.
The National Transportation Safety Board identified the helicopter as a Sikorsky S-61N.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The PMRF is a Navy base where the U.S. military tests missile defense technology, according to The Associated Press.
The news comes amid a string of notable helicopter crashes in the U.S. A crash in Miami Beach over the weekend left two people injured. A Huntington Beach police officer was killed in helicopter crash on Saturday in California. Another helicopter crash near an Utah ski resort on Tuesday resulted in no serious injuries.
Prayers.
What is the cause? Are pilots passing out?
Choppers crashing all over the country. WTF.
My Dad qualified in a helicopter, said he’d never fly in one again.
Seriously? No. Seriously?
“There were no survivors of the crash, and the victims identities have not been released.”
‘She Who Shall Not Be Named’ is gearing up to run for the Presidency again, so I’m going with ‘Arkancide’ for now.
Prayers up for the families.
The single most important thing, bar none, for every military helicopter pilot to always keep in mind, is how gender dynamics and interesectionality have contributed to institutionalized racism and the patriarchy. This is, obviously, much more important than knowing how to actually fly a helicopter. The success of our military depends on it!
I have never ridden on a helicopter. The main thing that scares me about them is that if they develop some sort of engine problem they cannot glide to a landing but drop like a rock.
I rode in Choppers in the Marines.
That is always in the back of your mind.
They need airbags.................
Not true, auto rotation.
You don't know how right you actually are. I have a lot of friends in the military and many are retiring. One vet retired out of the C-130 community, he is a white male and was not promoted, lesser people were, and you can only guess their "special category".
I am hearing this over and over, the less qualified being promoted.
Blood clots or heart attack?
I think two Blackhawks just went down the other day as well.
Harumph!
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims. Pray God give them tender mercies while they grieve.
RIP and sincere condolences to their loved ones...
Way back in the day I was a full-time naval aircrewman. We had to go thru deep water survival training every few years, which meant being dumped off a boat about a mile off shore (no raft) to await pickup by a Navy SAR helicopter. The absolute worst part of that exercise was not the water survival, or the cable lift into the helo, but the trip back to the beach. It was terrifying. :-)
Helicopters crashing all over the place.
Does make one wonder, altitude and stress and other flight related things tied into Vax issues, copters weren’t crashing this frequently before shots
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