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US Army investigates death of medevac pilot who crashed Black Hawk helicopter into another chopper at Georgia base while crewmembers slept
2022-04-07
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Where were the crewmembers sleeping?
  • The US Army is investigating whether the crash of two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Wright Army Airfield in Georgia last month was intentional

  • Capt. James Bellew, 26, was on medevac duty at the airfield on March 30 when the two helicopters crashed into each other at around 2 a.m.

  • He was the only crewmember involved in the crash and was the only one killed or injured as all of the other crewmembers were asleep at that time

  • It is unclear how he was able to start at least one of the helicopters without waking anyone

  • The Criminal Investigation Division is now probing the crash, which indicates that criminal activity is suspected
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  A COVID death. Vaxx status classified.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-07 22:08  

#6  Did he sleepwalking pilot recently get vaccinated?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-04-07 22:05  

#5  Yeah, some seriously poor writing.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-07 17:59  

#4  The problem every base commander has. More of a problem in totalitarian regimes, but a whack job can happen anywhere.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-07 10:00  

#3  So the crews sleep in quarters next to the flight line. The generally sleep on the furthest side of the building as to not be bothered by other aircraft taxiing by. So getting up and going to an aircraft without anyone noticing is easy. Starting a Blackhawk as a single pilot is not that difficult. It is classified as a two pilot aircraft but it is very capable of being flown by one person.
So I am assuming the question is if it was suicide or was he in a deep sleepwalk induced by meds. If the CPT was stealing the aircraft it would be easy.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2022-04-07 09:57  

#2  It's a twisty story any way you see it. There weren't any Security airmen walking post when this went down?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-07 09:18  

#1  was the only one killed or injured as all of the other crewmembers were asleep at that time

Ha ha ha! Those Daily Mail schmucks.

Reading it one would visualise a rotorhead starting up a chopper with men on it sleeping in their harnesses like babes, the bird then yawing drunkenly through the sky and smashing into another one. And only the errant pilot died because the rest were too busy still sleeping to die. 😁
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-04-07 09:15  

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