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NTSB Chief: Doors-off Helo Flight Was 'Death Trap'
In language that was uncharacteristically blunt and direct, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Robert Sumwalt accused the doors-off photo tour company NYONair, parent of FlyNYON, of turning “a perfectly good helicopter into a death trap” and characterizing it as “madness.” Sumwalt praised the airmanship of accident pilot Richard Vance. (www.ainonline.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Also my gunner pushed several V.C. out the side door of my Huey at my instructions...only those p.o.w.'s who wouldn't talk were tossed out from a high elevation above open active volcanos.
I've never known of such blunt statements from the NTSB. This must've really been an unprecedented level of recklessness.
It was reported that the engine failed. I totally disagree!
Shocking as it may seem, this usually does happen when you shut off the fuel supply.
Robert Sumwalt is the right man in the right spot. He names the things as they are, no fuzzing around with words - as it is so common today.
Just remember what he said about NOTAMS.
Good man!
Just remember what he said about NOTAMS.
Good man!
If I were flying with children I would 1000% make sure they showed me they knew how to unbuckle an airplane seatbelt--one contributing factor to the AF296 fatalities was that the kids were only familiar with push-button car seatbelt release mechanisms and could not figure out how to unbuckle the kind used in airplanes, leading to their deaths (and that of an accompanying adult who went back for them) by smoke inhalation.