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Leicester Crash
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i always though any nut on an aircraft had a locking pin in it
i always though any nut on an aircraft had a locking pin in it
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It's a long time since I worked with aircraft and they certainly did then but I noticed watching a programme about the red-arrows pilot killed when his ejector-seat went off when he was on the ground, that the shackle connecting his parachute to the seat was held with a nyloc nut ie. no locking pin.
“The helicopter crash which killed the chairman of Leicester City and four other people was caused by a pin which had come loose in the tail rotor control mechanism, a report has revealed.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch found that the pin had become disconnected, resulting in the helicopter becoming unstable and preventing the pilot from controlling it.”
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The fact that the tail rotor had failed was clear from film of the helicopter’s take-off and fatal spin, as I understand it. If the tail rotor fails for whatever reason, the helicopter’s fuselage then starts to spin in the opposite direction from the main rotor. The aircraft becomes uncontrollable, as noted in the link.
I am presenting these facts in the hope that someone may be able to tell me why – in virtually every air-crash in close proximity to people or public buildings – one or more of the tabloids will publish a “HERO PILOT” type of headline. Often, we’re told the pilot deliberately steered clear of people or a village school and so forth.
Generally, of course, they did no such thing, just as they did no such thing in the Leicester crash…for the simple reason that they couldn’t!
I am, naturally, saddened by the deaths of the crew and passengers in any crash, but I fail to understand why creating a false tale of heroism helps.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch found that the pin had become disconnected, resulting in the helicopter becoming unstable and preventing the pilot from controlling it.”
https:/
The fact that the tail rotor had failed was clear from film of the helicopter’s take-off and fatal spin, as I understand it. If the tail rotor fails for whatever reason, the helicopter’s fuselage then starts to spin in the opposite direction from the main rotor. The aircraft becomes uncontrollable, as noted in the link.
I am presenting these facts in the hope that someone may be able to tell me why – in virtually every air-crash in close proximity to people or public buildings – one or more of the tabloids will publish a “HERO PILOT” type of headline. Often, we’re told the pilot deliberately steered clear of people or a village school and so forth.
Generally, of course, they did no such thing, just as they did no such thing in the Leicester crash…for the simple reason that they couldn’t!
I am, naturally, saddened by the deaths of the crew and passengers in any crash, but I fail to understand why creating a false tale of heroism helps.
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