national geographic amazing moments : mount hood helicopter crash

[@kevjay777]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. The pilot made a good landing.

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Ok bro how are you now

[@Coppertop71]

That helicopter was refurbished and put back into service. Served again during rescue operations after Katrina and was later shot down in Afghanistan.

[@JN-hp5pv]

:(

[@ExtremzGamzerz]

Yeah, if the crewman didn't click the button, my dad would have been decapitated. He was working on the guy tethered to the Helicopter on the gurny(spell check). Facing uphill, he didn't realize the Helicopter fell until he heard the thumping of the Helicopter to his left, falling down the hill. He also started the IV on the guy that got crushed by the Helicopter. The recreation of the guys holding on to the gurny, is incorrect. There were two men holding it from the downhill side. Anyways, that is a report from the son of a man who was there!

[@saeedgeele2053]

Glad he is well

[@benjaminvolesky1653]

Extremz Gamzerz I too have a dad that was there. Cj Volesky was a part of the PMR team. I recognize the guy running to the downed pilot, he was also on PMR...that might have been original footage? just a fun fact I guess

[@shortnfreckled]

Late reply, but I believe the other gentleman with your Dad was Jeff Livick, the one Timberline ski patrolled who responded. My husband was working as a patroller that day and in charge, he sent the second in charge that day. Though, Jeff was also a Navy Corpsmen, so he was more prepared for this type of rescue. I watched this live as it happened, it was crazy to watch.

[@lisalynrn]

fake

[@nicolemor]

Ya all that bcuz that bitch Selena was impatient and manipulated the crew into thinking that her bfs lung was collapsing,, so they aborted the first much safer rescue plan. She should feel like a pos,, cuz she is. Thank god these men were nt killed bcuz she flatout lied. Seeing Jeremiah afterwards smiling and completely fine and relatively unscathed was maddening.

[@superdonkeyballs]

Everything was against the H-60... steep slope, altitude and gusts. SAR is badass! You guys bring hope don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

[@mweaverpdx]

I was on the scene when the PaveHawk crashed and I helped the National Geo producers make this video. Other than the overly dramatic announcer, they did a decent job recreating the events that day. Believe me, there is no way to accurately capture what happened that day, even with all the video of the crash. The sounds alone are burned into my memory.

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Hey bro please reply 🌚

[@bkb0000]

@JefafaSB it's not climbers who need rescue from hood- it's all the NON-climbers who TRY to climb the mountain. but either way, 12,000 people climb that mountain every year, and very, very few of them need rescue. local mountain rescue is a fantastic VOLUNTEER public service that exists to allow people to enjoy the extremes of nature but not have to die if something goes wrong.

[@weenz0r]

This hawk flew again. I was a CCAD when it was being repaired and sent back to the field.

[@ryanmatthewfrancisco4182]

Pokemon the power of us and the most thrilling moments

[@Pinnacle6562]

My dad was climbing in the same area a week before, but had to turn back at the base of the Hogsback where the accident happened because of weather.

[@LegendaryA37]

Intense how well built the Black Hawk is built. Get it some new blades and it's a new helicopter!

[@mbnqpl]

They make them here, my city at Poland ;d Beautiful machines, and very silent compared to fucking small planes noisy as fuck.

[@jkarnes7529]

Naw. It's nothing like that

[@platedlizard]

Hi, it's true. I can't link websites here, but if you google the serial number C/N 70-1424 the first result traces the copter's deployment. >Mount Hood, OR ( 30-may-02 ) 30may02 rolled down Mount Hood during a rescue attempt Recovered, repaired and returned to service reassigned to Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona >Southeastern Afghanistan ( 09-jun-10 ) w/o 09jun10 crashed in southeastern Afghanistan. 5 killed, 2 wounded

[@jeep146]

To bad, it was nicknamed "Snowball". Spent time repairing it. At least it saved lives while in service.

[@ExtremzGamzerz]

My dad was there. He was a paramedic on the scene. He said if it wasn't for the guy in the helicopter that droped the rope, my dad would be dead. DO YOUR JOBS! IT SAVES LIVES!

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Hello bro

[@davidh7142]

The mountain is challenging but it was overcrowded with folks that want to be up there, but shouldn't be up there.

[@10995]

I remember this from a program on tv. What was the name of that program? It talked about the whole incident, From before the accident, to the three groups of mountain climbers to the fall, the helicopter crash, the rescue. Does anyone know what that program was called?

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Hiii please reply

[@overlordplumo]

Agreed- Ths S-70 is an amazing helicopter, capible aof many roles, and is a tough helicopter at that!

[@memilesb1]

overlordplumo capable of many rolls indeed!

[@chrishansen2409]

Helicopter rescues are not very safe a lot of the time, I know a guy who was on a rescue team that had to fly into a couloir and the blades were feet from the rock

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

You know the guy who fell and took everybody out survived without a scratch.

[@kilaknoles1692]

temperature ice affects the rotor weakining to broke down

[@Ebbonified]

Show me. Best way would be to follow the aircraft serial #. One great tool is to use Joe Baugher's home page. He tracks them.

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Hiii please reply me 🌚

[@garettanderson6772]

I watched this live on TV when it happened.

[@HabibiGermany]

How they rescued the rest ? in the Hole ?

[@STdoubleDs]

Rolling 50 feet? Did you not even watch the video? It said they tumbled more that 800 feet before stopping - watch @ 2:30

[@Ebbonified]

Gotta love the H-60. Thats a stout bird to be going through that kind of punishment and still look like a helicopter. Sikorskis are tough as nails.

[@amateurastronomer2624]

Hiii

[@LtShifty]

Why, on US documentaries, do they always have to state the blatantly obvious? "the 22,000 helicopter could crush...." I mean come on, if some one doesn't already understand that they should be crushed.

[@BushcraftBritannia]

I wasn't completely through the video and was just trying to judge it myself, my mistake.

[@crazyp0713]

This was my first aircraft I worked on @ CCAD.

[@ONCEuponAtime999]

can anybody explain in more detail why the helicopter crashed? what the pilot did wrong? thx

[@risky2026]

Rolo Baffi power calculations. Nothing the pilot did wrong, but the higher chain of command was at fault for not approving them sooner when less torque would have put strain on the helicopter

[@SouthPoleAntarctica]

as the narator says, change in the wind direction. there can be a number of factors. headwind reduces power required, tail wind increases power required, adding or slashing half a tonne from the permissible hover weight. in thin air, the crosswind gust may exceed tail rotor limitations, inducing tail rotor vortex ring state.

[@amateurhobbyist]

@timbukII exactly...and what about unexpected floods in places that don't usually flood...maybe they should just be told "tough shit" no chopper rescue for you.

[@lenoreann1]

i was there,,,

[@tilawildson]

Not really, but they are meant to take an impact.

[@7249xxl]

onley damadge on H-60 tailrotor destroied and mean rotor and that guy gets launched out the helicopter and it rols over him unharmong him

[@jem2779]

They shoulda use Kamov.

[@punisher8319]

Wow I live near MT.Hood

[@MrUrmother22]

No you don't...

[@punisher8319]

Ahah sorry auto correct

[@punisher8319]

Scott Demoss I meant near

[@punisher8319]

Scott Demoss but I do live near it

[@Martin_Pelayo_]

My sister was at the the place when it happened

[@Briwellman]

6201 is cursed.

[@ShahidKhan-ys1ss]

yeahhhh this is fucking beautiful moments

[@lostindiancamp]

Those chopper pilots wouldn't have had to put their lives in danger if those climbers had been told they were climbing at their own risk and not to expect help.

[@LegendaryA37]

I was kinda joking.

[@MUSTANG408W]

That aircraft was rebuilt. She still flies today.

[@Wimpoman]

Holy fuck!

[@godsown4683]

I wonder why people still climb those dangerous mountains and put other people at risk in the name of rescuing them

[@ianhamrick2342]

Mount hood is not deadly at all one steep pitch it’s the people that dont know how to climb that make it dangerous

[@jiclxibad]

mierda ,,, que fatalidad ....inevitable

[@chadedwards7689]

Gotta say, ive climbed mt hood 4 times. its not a real technical climb. whoever was guiding this group should be investigated. one person falling on a rope line (especially on mt hood) should not lead to the whole line going down too. Poor mountaineering.

[@NoTaboos]

Typical NG. Patronising and repetitive.

[@timbukII]

Same thing with car crash victims right? I mean it's really disgusting that my tax dollars pay for rescue personnel and ambulances. Driving kills over 40,000 people in the United States every year. If you drive, it's at your own risk, don't make it my burden as well.

[@bertrandka]

Medium & heavy helicopter are not made for altitude rescue.

[@SethBergile]

Well unfortunately you were too busy criticizing heroes on the internet to help with the rescue....

[@BushcraftBritannia]

Oh come on, in terms of helicopter crashes it wasn't even that severe. It was a 20-30ft drop onto soft snow, then rolling about 50ft in soft snow. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a chipped skid, 10 being an unrecognizable mess, I'd call it a 4

[@wesmahan4757]

You're an idiot. It was at least 200 ft up, and the distance from the bergschrund to the fumaroles is 800 ft. And it was hard, icy spring snow, not soft. You don't know the first thing about Mt. Hood or this accident.

[@benjaminvolesky1653]

BushcraftBritannia try being in the heli when that happens and still say it's not too severe...fuckin chump thinkin you know shit. Humble ur ass up you wanna be know-it-all.

[@JIMJAMSC]

I hope they calculate the cost of that rescue and send a bill to each and everyone of these "thrill" seekers.