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RCAF Helcopter Crashes of the coast of Greece
The BBC is reporting a RCAF CH-148 Cyclone has crashed approx. 50 nm off the coast of Kefalonia. There were reportedly between 3 and 6 crew members onboard (www.bbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
How desperately sad for the fine folks of Nova Scotia. What did they ever do to deserve this calamity on top of everything else?
There is a report of flares being seen after the event. Who or what would have fired them off.
Apparently the flares were fired automatically on impact of the helicopter with the water.
In case this hasn’t been shared yet, from Canadian government:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2020/04/one-canadian-military-member-killed-and-five-missing-in-helicopter-accident.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2020/04/one-canadian-military-member-killed-and-five-missing-in-helicopter-accident.html
What is worrying is that there apparently was no distress call (though, as usual, the reporters were not asking the right questions at the briefings)so the failure must have been catastrophic. We should have the answer soon from the FDR.
Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan says voice recorders and flight data recorder have been recovered from the Canadian Forces military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece.