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UK chinook emergency landing in Helmand - Military Photos
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8211552.stm
Quote: : Crew unhurt in Chinook emergency
The British crew escaped injury in Afghanistan after a Chinook helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing, the Ministry of Defence says.
The crew managed to safely evacuate the helicopter after an engine fire forced the landing in Helmand on Wednesday.
The MoD said it was not ruling out enemy fire as a possible cause for the emergency landing.
The aircraft was deliberately destroyed by a coalition airstrike to keep it out of enemy hands.
The crew were picked up by another Chinook immediately after the incident.
The Ministry of Defence said that in the short term other UK aircraft in the region, and those operated by Nato partners, would be able to cover the "helicopter lift requirement".
"In the medium term, the UK's joint helicopter command is already planning the replacement of this airframe," it said.
Good skills from the pilots, it's good no one was hurt.
Shame about the chopper though.
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Bugger. Last thing we need is helicopters being lost.
They are so key to helping reduce casualties.
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Quote: : Bugger. Last thing we need is helicopters being lost.
They are so key to helping reduce casualties.
X 2 !
Hope it wasn't 'Bravo November' that wokka is LEGEND !
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I hope the bean counters at the MoD will look into replacing it.
The italian are firing a production line up to start building new version chinooks for the european market.
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Bugger !
glad to see the crew made it out.
"Destroyed in an airstrike to keep it out of enemy hands ?"
Eh ?
Must be SOP. Cant see Terry flying one of those.
He might take the M60's and the ammo from the door gunners though.
Did we get a chance to go back and scavenge before we fekked it off ?
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Quote: : I hope the bean counters at the MoD will look into replacing it.
The italian are firing a production line up to start building new version chinooks for the european market.
Are they allowed to sell in Europe ?
Its just that I've never heard of Augusta selling one in Europe outside of Italy.
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Quote: : Are they allowed to sell in Europe ?
Its just that I've never heard of Augusta selling one in Europe outside of Italy.
They (Meridionali now Agusta ?) sold some to Libya or Egypt (?) back in the Eighties.
Agusta is part of Agusta Westland so they would/could/should be built at Yeovil.
BUT IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN !
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Is there really no way to recover a Chinook?
(apart from driving a truck down to pick it up)
You couldn't strip it down to the bare essentials and have another Chinook airlift it out?
(perhaps too much work)
Or maybe it was a complete right off and not worth any salvaging effort.
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You can recover via a Mil-26 - after you've stripped off the blades etc.
However, if the tactical situation is that you cannot protect the blokes prepping it for airlift, you'd have to destroy it.
That or if its a cat 5 write off.
I was thinking of elements of the nav system and ECM gear that could be stripped out ( if anything only for spares ) plus and any weaponry/ammo.
It would be sh*t if anything survived to be of use against us.
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Helicopters being what they are, they do suffer from accidents, engineering problems or sometimes succumb to enemy action.
I once saw a Sioux Helicopter which had hit an electricity cable being airlifted by a Puma.
It was a bit of a sight seeing the biggy carting the little one away.
Obviously a completely different set of parameters here, the Sioux being a small 2 seater and the Puma being considerably larger.
I would assume that the Chinook is simply too heavy to be airlifted and a land recovery just wasn't operationally viable.
Still a great shame to lose it and, given the existing Helicopter shortage, it's bound to cause some problems.
Just fingers massively crossed nobody is hurt or worse because of this one is gone.
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Quote: : Are they allowed to sell in Europe ?
Its just that I've never heard of Augusta selling one in Europe outside of Italy.
The Chinook is built under license by Agustawestland in Italy and Kawasaki in Japan .
Agustawestland sold CH's to Greece,Spain,Egypt and some to Saudi Arabia .
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MoD statement:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/De...fghanistan.htm
Quote: : Chinook crew unhurt after incident in Afghanistan
A British helicopter crew has escaped without injury after their Chinook was forced to make an emergency landing in Helmand province late last night following an engine fire.
The incident happened after two helicopters dropped off cargo and passengers a few miles north of Sangin.
Shortly after take-off the four strong crew of one Chinook saw cockpit indications of an engine fire during take off.
The pilots skilfully continued to manoeuvre the helicopter about 1km away from the danger zone to safely make an emergency landing.
All four crew onboard managed to evacuate the aircraft safely.
They were recovered by the second helicopter which took them out of the area.
The helicopter was later deliberately destroyed by a coalition airstrike to deny it to enemy forces.
Lt Col Nick Richardson said: "It is a measure of the bravery and skill of the pilots that, operating under enemy fire, they were able to complete their task and calmly move to safety.
"Their cool under pressure has ensured that their lives were saved and minimal damage was caused.
Despite the loss of one aircraft, the brave crew have thwarted insurgents attempts to destabilise the elections with a shocking spectacular loss of British life."
The exact cause of the incident is still under investigation and enemy action has not yet been ruled out.
In the very short term other UK aircraft in Regional Command (South) and those operated by our NATO partners will be able to cover the helicopter lift requirement.
As part of the routine programme to sustain our Chinook fleet in Afghanistan, an additional Chinook had already arrived in theatre.
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Quote: : Is there really no way to recover a Chinook?
(apart from driving a truck down to pick it up)
You couldn't strip it down to the bare essentials and have another Chinook airlift it out?
(perhaps too much work)
Or maybe it was a complete right off and not worth any salvaging effort.
Few months/years back one that had a rotor damaged by an RPG was lifted out by another chinook.
The mighty wokka is the only helo in the world that can lift itself, fully constructed etc, no need to strip it of rotors, guns etc to reduce weight.
I assume time/enemy action meant there was no chance to do this.
I love that my boss is a wokka pilot
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