Helicopter Crash in the Kootenays - TMTV

TMTV News Nelson BC Canada - MORE NEWS @ http://www.bctvkootenays.com A helicopter crash that killed 5 people on a skiing trip. The crash was located in the Purcell mountain range which is between the west and east Kootenays in southeastern British Columbia Canada. Its believed that the chopper pilot was flying through fog and clouds and didn't see the mountain range ahead believing the snow covered mountain was a cloud. - From the TMTV news Vault 2009

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[aligerous]

"Video of helicopter crash wreckage" would have been an appropriate title don't you think?

[SenorSpode]

Utterly sad. It looks like an AS350-type. A helicopter has no business whatsoever flying in terrain like that in inclement weather. Planes can fly over all of that; helicopters are more limited in that capacity. Such an unnecessary risk, such a tragedy. This didn't have to happen.

[bulkyboo71]

@Embassadorkingofpeac you were'nt on tha t helicopter were you......you sound like you've had a bump on yhe head.

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[sirlandsalot]

@manysticks I knew the pilot and always felt he had no buisness flying in that terrain. I am a heli pilot myself and I flew that same job every sunday for 2 ski seasons. I have flown over the sight many times. It is a tough place to fly with wild winds. The company I worked for did all the recovery work. It was a tragic crash, it frusterates me because one pilot made a decision that caused a lot of lives, all to save a buck and get there faster ...sorry to hear. It was an AS350

[manysticks]

@sirlandsalot I was friends with one of those people that was lost that day. He was only a teenager. At one point myself and two other friends were signed up for that course. I can't believe this is actually on youtube. How do you know such info?

[SenorSpode]

@Afrocanuk You don't want to engage in an air search in bad weather. Visibility is crucial, and you can have zero visibility right to the ground. Almost all aircraft are equipped with radio-band ELTs (Emergency Locator Transmitters) and some are even using GPS emergency transponders. But nothing has been able to deal with Mother Nature. She still rules all.

[bionictrucker1]

@SenorSpode WHAT A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. HOW SAD TO LOOSE PEOPLE IN THIS CRASH. DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF HELO CRASHED THERE. TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE AN UH-1 HUEY. BUT THE HELO DOIN THE FLYIN ON THE CAMERA REPORT IS DEFINATELY AN AS350. LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF THE COCKPIT & EYEBROW WINDOWS AT THE BEGININ OF THE VIDEO.

[FysikFyren]

@aligerous

I tend to agree.

[Afrocanuk]

It'll be interesting to know if some sort of echo-location technology exists that can be employed during extremely low visibility. Some years ago I heard of 2 jet airliners colliding on the tarmac for the very same reason.

[suctionplease]

@brewedinbc

Still stewing on it I see. You have nothing better to do than watch this over and over. You stupid loser...get a life.

[brewedinbc]

@suctionplease

Still here? Was hoping you were gang raped by male gypsy hair stylists...