| ...if not a hoax, I wonder what form of weapon could do this, and where it may have come from..? |
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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran | |
| Helicopter falls from sky in Syria | |
| 2014-01-19 | |
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| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #13 Put on the air brakes! worked for Bugs Bunny |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-01-19 15:06 |
| #12 Upon further review, if you stop the video @ 0:10 the nose is pretty clear and to me, it looks more like a 24, the front lower cockpit is pretty clear. but what ever it was, its junk now. That free fall had to be terrifying to the crew knowing how that story would end. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-01-19 14:49 |
| #11 Almost certain it MI17. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-01-19 13:41 |
| #10 The video is tough but it is either an Mi17 or MI24. Tailboom gone, rotors cut up, looks like classic tail rotor gearbox failure coupled with over reaction of aft cyclic by the pilot. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-01-19 13:39 |
| #9 Could have been a 24. I can't tell from the vid. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-19 12:23 |
| #8 I was thinking a MIL MI-26 |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-01-19 11:42 |
| #7 Looks like an NH-90 Eurocopter |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-01-19 10:54 |
| #6 Gravity always wins. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-19 09:54 |
| #5 Um, it wasn't us... |
| Posted by: Halliburton - EMP Division 2014-01-19 09:12 |
| #4 I wonder what form of weapon could do this Hmmmm, maybe it was "pilot error"....  |
| Posted by: Neville Spawn of the Esquimeaux 2014-01-19 08:57 |
| #3 Yep, that would do it. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2014-01-19 06:58 |
| #2 I wonder what form of weapon could do this Ever heard of inshallah maintenance? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-01-19 04:16 |
| #1 Looks like a Ruskie Helicopter, sans main rotor blades and tail boom, taking on the aerodynamic characteristics of a falling brick. That's going to leave a mark! |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2014-01-19 02:24 |