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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:02:56 PM EDT
[#1]
oh man....
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:03:53 PM EDT
[#2]
Let's hope it didn't get shot down.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:04:12 PM EDT
[#3]
It was caused by racism.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:06:50 PM EDT
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Hope the crew is OK
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:07:38 PM EDT
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Just heard, 2 crew safe, not sure if there were others.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:07:44 PM EDT
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There is another chopper on scene now looking for the crew.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:10:11 PM EDT
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Crew chief on the chopper on scene motioning for the news chopper to go away. Don't know any further.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:10:50 PM EDT
[#8]
Geraldo needs to STFU,
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:11:14 PM EDT
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I wonder how many hours a day they are putting on those airframes...?
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:11:18 PM EDT
[#10]
Fox news has video now. Crew has been evac'ed and is safe. Some are hurt, but no fatalities.
Chris |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:12:37 PM EDT
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It's Bush's fault.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:12:50 PM EDT
[#12]
Dynamic Rollover?
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:12:57 PM EDT
[#13]
Fox news has video now. Crew has been evac'ed and is safe. Some are hurt, but no fatalities.
Chris Great news, now how do we blame this on Bush? |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:13:54 PM EDT
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+1 I'm sure just a normal crash due to mechanical failure. I just heard MSNBC referencing helicopter shot down.  They have guns, not stinger missiles and RPGs in NOLA. These choppers are running continuously, only stopping for maintenance due to failures. Refueling mid-air repeatedly. More failures are going to occur with more time. But I seriously down a helicopter was SHOT down. 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:16:09 PM EDT
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+1,000,000 Where's that guy that whacked him in the schnozz with a chair when ya need him? |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:16:49 PM EDT
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As always, if I want up to the minute breaking news.... I tune into ARFCOM.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:17:07 PM EDT
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Two crew are safe according to MSNBC's ticker.
Video showed pilot's seat empty, nobody strapped in in the cargo compartment, I saw a small fire in the engine exhaust port. ETA: CNN now reporting pilot and crew have been rescued. Kharn |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:17:10 PM EDT
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You ain't kidding. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:18:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:22:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:22:39 PM EDT
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From the underside that looks like an S76. If it is, that's a very reliable chopper. It could still be brought down with a lucky hit. Looks like a controlled ditch or it'd be all over the place. Most likely rolled after it hit the ground.
Edit: Never mind, saw it from a different view, ain't a 76. Still looks like a CG chopper. Stupid question: Why don't they get some of the oilfield choppers there too? |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:24:09 PM EDT
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 Sheppie Smith will be along shortly to have a nervous breakdown on the twisted wreckage.*  *I know there are a lot of Sheppie fans on Arfcom and to them I say...  .
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:25:00 PM EDT
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Kharn |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:26:33 PM EDT
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I figured he was getting them out of the way for more assistance to come in without causing more damage. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:31:11 PM EDT
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With the way things have been going out there, I figured he may have been waving them off to keep THEM from receiving fire...
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:32:43 PM EDT
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I think most of that is over. The looters and ganglords have now reverted to being good boys and are being evac'ed, I'm sure. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:34:07 PM EDT
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It is not a CG helo, it was civilian. They don't know the reason for crash as of yet.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:37:50 PM EDT
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Not CG?  Edit: No word on the news, just that it was a rescue chopper. A Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:37:51 PM EDT
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yall should listen to the local TV-news chopper feeds (Google your local news station ID's + frequencies and a site or three will usually pop up) they send em around like billiard balls from accident to accident... "go here, this one sounds like it's a bad one!" and the like... "Dirty Laundry" (Don Henley) nailed it. Let the people doing work get their jobs done, plenty of drama for the news vultures without clogging the skies. (If I were prez I would have declared a no-fly zone for news aircraft unless specifically requested by ATC) |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:41:08 PM EDT
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CG = Coast Guard |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:41:44 PM EDT
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Heard Master P hired a helo or so and was trying to locate all of his family down there the other day. ?
Maybe we could get lucky and Jesse Jackson with his crew could take a header (providing the crew survives unscathed). |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:42:53 PM EDT
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I knew that, but I assumed from the color that it was the Coasties, looks like I was wrong. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:43:19 PM EDT
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Bush cut the funding for aircraft maintenance... 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:49:14 PM EDT
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Gonna be tuff to get the Helo righted and repaired with the wheels and radios missing...
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:52:49 PM EDT
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Those wheels will be on a Cadillac or box Chevy by tomorrow. 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:54:55 PM EDT
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That was Klinton Disadministration 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:56:27 PM EDT
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How long until the mogadishu big easy brigade loots and burns the helo ?
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Posted: 9/4/2005 4:58:45 PM EDT
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Fox is saying it is a Coast Guard helo...........But if I remember from my day a helo had 3 POB!!!
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:00:30 PM EDT
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It's not a USCG helo. The model and markings are wrong. It's a private helo and a USCG helo was sent to get the two crewmen out. The crewmen, btw, were unhurt, thankfully.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:02:51 PM EDT
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OK Fox must have it wronge then it is a banner at the top of the home page "breaking news"
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:07:01 PM EDT
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Looked like a CG one to me. Guess I'm wrong. If it's private, who's is it?
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:08:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:10:24 PM EDT
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CNN just said they have confirmation it was a CG chopper doing a regular flight, not evac. That would explain 2 crew members.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:11:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:12:02 PM EDT
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Looked like a Coast Guard HH-60J "Jayhawk" laying on its side.
I could be wrong though. EDIT: That's not a Coast Guard HH-60J helo. Landing gear is all wrong. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:12:47 PM EDT
[#46]
No racing stripe!!
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:18:27 PM EDT
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They said it was a civilian chopper
They also said they had a shoot out with a bunch of thugs a fwe hours ago. 2 were shot dad and they captured the rest. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:18:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:19:17 PM EDT
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Still, I don't know of anyone else around there that has choppers that color other than CG. I'm still wondering why they don't get some of the chopper companies down there involved. I'm sure they moved their choppers out of the area and could bring them back in. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:19:22 PM EDT
[#50]
Looks kinda like a Puma or Cougar.
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