• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    I’ve never once seen a helicopter crash that looked anything at all like it was falling with a parachute.

    • BanMe@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      That’s because the helicopter crashes you’ve seen were the ones where something catastrophic happened, like a midair collision or a pilot error. That’s what makes the news, not the safe landings where engine failure has occurred.

    • RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      An auto rotation isn’t a crash. An auto rotation can end up as one but usually looks like a normal landing