mudbuddy Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Could the helicopter crashed in Norfolk be caused by bird trick ,geese in the engine intake ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I do not think anyone knows the casue of the crash yet. Could be a bird strike , but locals are talking about the chooper making a strange noise as it flew over a village before it went down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Sheen Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I would say it is pretty unlikely to be a bird strike, especially judging by the fact the helicopter that crashed was a pave hawk. They have pretty small engine intake and the fact that they are directly below the blades would make it even more unlikely to happen considering the amount of force they push the air down with below them. Im not saying that it isn't but the chances of it being are very small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 According to our local rag it was on its way back from training on the range at RAF Holbeach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo_m Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) It had been buzzing my house for the 2 days prior to the accident. (holt) flew down our house line at 2-300ft the day before. This one is a bit close to home. I'm glad it crashed away from houses. Steve Edited January 10, 2014 by stevo_m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Very sad all round, I am a little surprised by the fact the helicopter appears relatively in tact. I'm sure it is a total, but somehow I expected to see a tangled mass, not a helicopter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poacher Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Very sad all round, I am a little surprised by the fact the helicopter appears relatively in tact. I'm sure it is a total, but somehow I expected to see a tangled mass, not a helicopter! from what I could gather there were 2 flying that night, the one that crashed is little more than fragments.......the second one landed next to crash site, sure you're not confusing the two ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 from what I could gather there were 2 flying that night, the one that crashed is little more than fragments.......the second one landed next to crash site, sure you're not confusing the two ? Ok, that could explain things, my apologies if that was the case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Very sad all round, I am a little surprised by the fact the helicopter appears relatively in tact. I'm sure it is a total, but somehow I expected to see a tangled mass, not a helicopter! the one that crashed was in pieces and just about buried in soft ground KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Rumours are that it hit a large flock of pinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo_m Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Rumours are that it hit a large flock of pinks. That's what I heard locally. They were low and fast at the time with no time to call mayday. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I would say it is pretty unlikely to be a bird strike, especially judging by the fact the helicopter that crashed was a pave hawk. They have pretty small engine intake and the fact that they are directly below the blades would make it even more unlikely to happen considering the amount of force they push the air down with below them. Im not saying that it isn't but the chances of it being are very small. Rumours are that it hit a large flock of pinks. Bird strike makes a lot of sense right now - short of any press releases. They were flying low over a bird reserve. If it spooked a flock of pinks, they'd just go straight up in a panicked cloud of feathers. I take your point Mr Sheen, but we're not talking about 1 goose. If some Pink-footed geese were roosting there, we could easily be talking talking hundreds of birds, it'd only take one in the right place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Sheen Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 I see where you are coming from, i find it more likely for a lot of birds to do damage but its equally possible that flying low and seeing all them geese was enough to put the pilot off and the aircraft crashed due to human error as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 The pic shown by a lot of the news websites is confusing as it shows the second Helicopter as KW says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav912 Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Given the amount of pinks in the area at the moment (we're spending several hours a week chasing them off our fields!!) and the fact they like those marshes it does seem a plausible reason for the accident. It is very close to home though as I'm no further from the crash site than what Stevo_m is (Langham), so lucky it didn't happen a few hundred metres further inland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo_m Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Given the amount of pinks in the area at the moment (we're spending several hours a week chasing them off our fields!!) and the fact they like those marshes it does seem a plausible reason for the accident. It is very close to home though as I'm no further from the crash site than what Stevo_m is (Langham), so lucky it didn't happen a few hundred metres further inland! Hi neighbour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 More Wildfowling needed for flight safety. You'd think these days a mesh guard or something could be fitted to engine intakes to stop this. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 A mesh guard over the intakes is not going to help when a goose comes threw the windscreen and into your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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