Jump to content

Leicester City owner amongst 5 killed in helicopter crash at King Power stadium


Guest pricedoutoftoon

Recommended Posts

Am i deaf, what did he say?

 

About the woman in the helicopter in the media she's named as a work colleague or something like that when in fact she's his mistress

 

Listened to a football podcast, might have been Guardian one and they called her the partner of the pilot or some such description  rather than co-pilot. Minor I know but annoyed me a bit.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Am i deaf, what did he say?

 

About the woman in the helicopter in the media she's named as a work colleague or something like that when in fact she's his mistress

 

Listened to a football podcast, might have been Guardian one and they called her the partner of the pilot or some such description  rather than co-pilot. Minor I know but annoyed me a bit.

 

Different women, Si (there was 2 onboard)...but yeh, the other one being "the fiance of pilot" narked me hence the OP having my take. She was a pilot and an instructor in her own right. But wasn't on this flight, I think...but it still felt disingenuous to only describe her as a girlfriend.

 

Ah right cheers, assumed he was talking about her. Just read the story properly. He's got to be looking at the boot either way.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Newly released video of it taking off and losing control should at least quash any rumours of it exploding in midair. Seems to start turning and then just go into a spin.

 

Awful - saw that last night - it just looks surreal watching it leaving the centre circle the hovering and spinning before plummeting  :'(

 

R.I.P

Link to post
Share on other sites

Seems like the tail rotor stopped. Don't know if that's from a mechanical failure, hitting something or whatever. But apparently without the tail rotor going, the momentum of the main blades will cause the whole thing to spin out of control.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I'm thinking that. Fucking hero of a pilot stopped the main blades and aimed it away from the crowds. Imagine that being the last thing you fucking do, man, knowing it. He had three seconds to do that, taking out his lass, his boss, and two others, but saving shitloads. Once the main rotor's off, you're sitting in a stone. The thing just plummeted.

 

Shit. :(

Link to post
Share on other sites

The spin it went into was awful. Horrible stuff.

 

Were you there, mate? I'll talk to Lesta Lass tomorrow and hear if any of her fam were there. Don't get into a helicopter, peeps.

 

There's a clear video of it. be amazed if the pilot could attempt to do anything.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest reefatoon

The spin it went into was awful. Horrible stuff.

 

Were you there, mate? I'll talk to Lesta Lass tomorrow and hear if any of her fam were there. Don't get into a helicopter, peeps.

 

I wasn't, it was from the video footage of it. It goes into a wild spin before going down. Must have been terrifying.

Link to post
Share on other sites

The spin it went into was awful. Horrible stuff.

 

Were you there, mate? I'll talk to Lesta Lass tomorrow and hear if any of her fam were there. Don't get into a helicopter, peeps.

 

There's a clear video of it. be amazed if the pilot could attempt to do anything.

 

He fucking did though, aimed it at car park E, missed the crowds. Poor fucker.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest Howaythetoon

I’ve never thought helicopters were safe, you wouldn’t catch me in one. Mind I hate flying and after learning about this tradgedy only heightened my fear flying which I had to endure last night. I would rather take my chances in a plane. Those poor people inside though. I only hope it was so quick their death they literally just closed there eyes and that was that. I can’t watch that footage, urgh!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest firetotheworks

Statistically it's pretty fucking safe, but I've never liked helicopters either. I don't like how if anything goes massively wrong you're almost certainly dead. At least planes glide and there's the chance to pull out of a nosedive or spin if there's a catastrophic failure. Helicopters just plummet and AFAIK there's nothing you can do.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest Howaythetoon

Statistically it's pretty fucking safe, but I've never liked helicopters either. I don't like how if anything goes massively wrong you're almost certainly dead. At least planes glide and there's the chance to pull out of a nosedive or spin if there's a catastrophic failure. Helicopters just plummet and AFAIK there's nothing you can do.

 

Aye that’s what I meant about unsafe, in that if anything does go wrong, it’s over.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Statistically it's pretty fucking safe, but I've never liked helicopters either. I don't like how if anything goes massively wrong you're almost certainly dead. At least planes glide and there's the chance to pull out of a nosedive or spin if there's a catastrophic failure. Helicopters just plummet and AFAIK there's nothing you can do.

 

All depends upon the impact really there have been plenty of military helicopters went down where the people inside have survived they tend to try and make the rotor blades take the initial impact then roll it

Link to post
Share on other sites

Statistically it's pretty fucking safe, but I've never liked helicopters either. I don't like how if anything goes massively wrong you're almost certainly dead. At least planes glide and there's the chance to pull out of a nosedive or spin if there's a catastrophic failure. Helicopters just plummet and AFAIK there's nothing you can do.

 

Yep, agree with this. You have a chance, if something goes wrong with a plane, but helicopter is nearly always fatal.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Helicopters can glide too and pilots are trained to do this. You need a functioning tail rotor to do it though and that failing meant this was not going to end well.

 

Yep that's why in any warzone anyone attempting to down a chopper always aims for the tail rotor as take that out and it drops like a stone

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...