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09-15-2009, 08:46 PM
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Re: US Navy Helicopter Decapitation
Judging by the mangled helmet I say this was somebody who knew the dangers involved. I love the little hunk of meat with the beard and mustache attatched to it laying on the runway. Probably didn't feel a thing.  |
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#64
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10-15-2009, 11:02 AM
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Re: US Navy Helicopter Decapitation
**IDIOT** This IS, in fact an Oliver Hazard Perry class Frigate., (FFG) NOT a carrier. Holy crap dude! Way to honor the dead by making up complete stories about them! ALSO, you said this guy was an airman? In picture 3 you can CLEARLY see a kacki colored belt sticking out just above the body bag. This was a Chief Petty Officer, USN. NOT an airman. 3rd, this is a SH-60B type aircraft., the wheels are absolutely normal in this picture., 2 on the sides, 1 in the back. 3rd, the CPO is wearing a WHITE vest making him a SAFETY officer of the deck. As you can see, the helo is sitting FAR left of it's desired landing location, about where the safety officer stands and over the shack. 4th, the only damage I can see is in the second picture inflicted on the rotor blade in the background. Lastly, do you see that LINE that the CPO is clearly laying directly on? That line is the "Do NOT cross" line. An H-60's blades can dip below 5 feet in the very front. That's why you ALWAYS approach from the sides. Most probable situation here in MY expert opinion; Bad seas and weather. Ship was rocking at up to 30 degrees. CPO was slightly out of place and standing on the white line. Helo came down hard too far to their right and pointed directly in the CPO's direction, blades bounced down below 5 ft and decapitated him. Helo bounced off deck., righted itself slightly and re-landed. General alarms were sounded. Pilots jumped out, leaving doors open and ran inside as the pilots are trained to do. The medic stationed just inside the hangar doors, as he is during EVERY takeoff and landing was the first on scene and tasked with photography of the accident, I'm pretty confident the other sailor we see in the shot is a corpsman based on; 1. His decorative/polished belt clasp. 2. His clean uniform 3. His use of plastic gloves. The only enlisted dressed that nicely aboard a frig are yeoman, personnel clerks and corpsman. The last being the only one with any purpose on deck at that time. Navy vet., worked on H-60's aboard frigates. |
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#66
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10-15-2009, 12:49 PM
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Re: US Navy Helicopter Decapitation
Reminds me of that George Romero movie, "Dawn of the Dead" (the original) when the zombie walks toward the helicopter and gets the top of his head sliced off. Real life is gorier though. (BTW, I was in the U.S. Army and we learned to duck when we were approaching a helicopter, squids obviously don't learn that life skill) |
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#67
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10-15-2009, 01:03 PM
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Re: US Navy Helicopter Decapitation
Ok, did a little more research on this. Found an archive of every Naval incident EVER and through the timeline I was guessing found the ship, airdet, and NAME of the person in this photo. Ship: USS THATCH AIRDET: HSL-49 CPO: Chief Petty Officer Ronald Hiland, USN. Date: March 19, 2001 "Fair winds Chief" |
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#69
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10-15-2009, 01:15 PM
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Re: US Navy Helicopter Decapitation
Yea, I didn't want to be at sea with a few hundred guys for 6 months at a time... I'd rather rape, kill, pillage, burn and eat babies than be at sea with only my right hand to relieve any sexual tension.
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