Navy CH-46 Helicopter Misses Landing Deck at Sea, Crashes

[kobeandshaqBFF]

Good thing our taxes baught a new one!

[curtshan]

I heard this is when JP Paige died, he was a great Marine... Semper Fi brothers...

[chrisjgrey]

I hope everyone was rescued, how come the pilot was coming in so fast? Doesn't it make more sense to fly next to the ship matching the ship's speed, then slide sideways to the landing pad?

[NPMproductions13]

@chrisjgrey the double bladed heli prevents it from going side ways if turn left or right it will crash because of so much power like it did here

[mediarocker543]

@NPMproductions13 No. You have no idea what you are talking about. All heli are capable of 4 axis motion. To think Tandem rotor heli's are incapable of movement on their X-axis due to rotor configuration is ignorant. The blades are counter-rotating, one operates one direction opposing the other. This negates yawing effect caused by a single rotor without the need for co-axial or tail rotors. Their banking motion is not inhibited by this design.

[IT2Foutty]

I was on the ship when this happened, the helo hit the USS BONHOMME RICHARD, not the Pecos...

[ksa111ksa]

The tire. Hold. In the land

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[TheStaticage01]

Goddamn-Naval piloting IS DANGEROUS SHIT MAN! Sad to hear that some of the crew died? They must've just got slammed so hard on the impact once they made contact with the surface? It's hard to imagine that people died in this accident but being former Navy I know it happens? At least the bird had plenty of rescue support from the fleet. Looks like they were in "safe" hands considering what had just took place? We did ops with the Pecos back in 93-94. Fair winds gang PEACE!

[CasimusxPrime]

Did anyone in the chopper die?

[RofIStomper]

Chopper is not for noobs.

I always have to stress this in Battlefield games were noobies think they can pilot them.

[twostrokes4life]

dang that guy was like oh god this is bad and starts climbing out window

[dirtydodger]

So what happened to the crew?

[btcsw1]

I was stationed aboard the Bonhomme Richard when this accident happened. This was an exercise where Marines were to take control of the ship. The helo was supposed to come in fast and off load the Marines. Seven died.

[xGlenn11v]

People should not be liking this video. Those men/women could have, or possibly died.

[Drift91King]

Fucking cowboy pilot, should have done a nice slow 20 Knot approach and gently flared 20 feet off the deck but instead came in like they were filming a war movie.

[MrTr0llol]

I don't think they are dead... I mean they were trained for a crash landing at sea and there is ship right there to immediately help them... i could be wrong.

[plotchickens]

RIP those brave pilots!

[Marcbmann]

My physics teacher is a Navy Helicopter pilot. She said that pilots transferring from carriers to destroyers would not take the necessary care in approaching the significantly smaller helipad on the destroyer and would often pull dangerous maneuvers like this.

[SARGEHALO666v2]

This looks like what a newb pilot would do, and like something that would happen in BF2. I hope they didn't get hurt!

[miguelk12]

did they die?

[dovgvillo]

Too many whiskey onboard. Drunken American pilots can not fly :)

[XMYPIbU]

@dovgvillo r u stupid? лет то тебе сколько, идиот?

[fernandomfernandes]

Holy cow! (0:29 - guy tries to jump through the window - FAIL)

[tormentalous18]

Wow...

[TalTxD]

how many crew members survived the crash?

[MrDehicka]

@TalTxD 7 dead, 11 survived including pilots.

[XMYPIbU]

@MrDehicka PIZDETZ!!!!!

R.I.P.......

[TalTxD]

@MrDehicka

so sad :(

[iyarut]

มาแรงเกิน......ห่าาาาาาาา

[lgrashiid]

fail



[BiggRob1221]

thats coming out of someones paycheck

[bronzfreethorn]

At its founding on November 10th, 1775, the United States Marine Corps was composed of infantry serving aboard naval vessels and was responsible for the security of the ship and her crew by conducting offensive and defensive combat during boarding actions, and defending the ship's officers from mutiny.

[TheBanaphsh]

too windy

[jerradallen1985]

thats very tragic, being in the navy myself I know how dangerous a job it is. RIP

[runemasterish]

Wow sad. If he went into hover they would have been ok. Also if the safety nets were installed lower they wouldn't have interfered in the landing.

[FightingHerk]

at 0:28 you can see the guy in the window try and climb out.

[upgradinglegend]

THAT IS SCARY?!

[islandhammer]

I was in the fifth CH-46 coming in to land that day. You can't see the other four helos but we were in a holding pattern and watched this whole thing go down. The ship it was landing on was the USS Pecos. We were doing a training mission to become special operations capable before our deployment. That was a shitty day. The thing is they had those guys (most from Force Recon) replaced the next week and we had to redue the mission.

[CNe7532294]

I thought the man overboard netting was supposed to SAVE lives!!!!! O_o

[96sapo]

did they die?

[piratebri]

7 of them did. The others were rescued by the SEALs in the two boats.

[spammorz]

December 9, 1999 - the CH-46 was from USS Bonhomme Richard, the flight deck belongs to USNS Pecos

[Offroadersdotcom]

Thanks for the information

[The151PIRU]

this isn't funny, and it wasn't his fault this kind of thing happens alot over the ocean its to do with convection currents going through the rotor blades and slowing them down. so it wasn't the pilots fault - or do you have a better explanation?

[spammorz]

The helicopter approached the flight deck with abnormally high speed and sinkrate and missed the flight deck. The rear port landing gear hit the man overboard netting and got stuck - when the PIC quickly applied power to abort the approach, the rear of the helicopter remained "anchored" to the netting, so increased power through the forward main rotor lifted the helicopter to an upright position and then had it roll over onto its left side.

[islandhammer]

Were you there too? I was in the BLT with these guys from Force (weapons co., 1/4).

[dean240]

in the navy you go through "dunker" training to train you to escape from a helicopter crash in the sea so the chances of them being killed are very very slim it was a considerably slow crash from around 20ft.

[piratebri]

actually, 7 marines on the helicopter were not found during rescue attempts and are presumed dead.

[islandhammer]

Dude. I was there. They died. Most were knocked unconscious from the impact and all had over 100+ pounds of gear on them (saws and entry tools, weapons and ammo, vests, etc...). Of course we all went through dunker training...but a controlled 'roll' in the dunker with heeds bottles didn't compare to the reality of this crash. We were landing on the USS Pecos...google it and I'm sure you can find the video. We were off the coast of S. Cali.

[ChesterDoraemon]

another helicopter crashed today.

5 killed.

KILLED.

KILLED.

KILLED.

KILLED.

KILLED.

Can we say KILLED?

No more trouble from those 5 asses.

[lacasera]

It was a Marine pilot, and both the pilots escaped, as did a few of the Marines in the back. Most however died because of all the gear they were wearing.

[PineappleOranges]

Landing gear is caught up on the metal railing, if you notice.

[Superfuzz10851]

Bunch of fucking armchair quarterbacks..

[slickrick297]

WORD

[RobertGary1]

Again, if you believe you are a superior pilot who is incapable of making mistakes you really need to call the Navy up and offer your services.

[RobertGary1]

Apparently you know more about landing on a pitching boat than a highly trained Navy pilot. Have you called the Navy and asked if they need you as an instructor?

[piejoewiejoe]

It's a helicopter... you shouldn't try to land it like an airplane. :s

[lostworldband]

any dead people

i think pilots maby

[CWX07]

how is that possible?

He wasn't trying to land at the end... it just fell from the sky!?

[B10HAZARD0US]

Hit the deck short. As he tried to lift off the deck, the rear left wheel got hooked on the fence and dumped it over the side. Look at the rear left wheel.

[CWX07]

o yeah, I see now.

thanx for ansering ;D

[drezulu2000]

Which ship was that, were there any casualties?

[bullpuky]

Pilot error. Came in too low.

[BF2Kacperek94]

Welcome to USA...

[bullpuky]

Shit happens

[XxQueBabyxX]

that was crazy

[zece67]

thats unfucking believable