A helicopter with six people on board fell on Thursday in the Hudson River in New York. The Spanish Siemens manager Agustin Escobar with his wife and three children and the pilot died in the accident. The official investigation into the cause of the crash continues. But there are already a few hot theories.
Provisional hypotheses about the cause of the crash:
- Collection with a daisy during the flight
- Mechanical failure of the helicop terrotor blades
- Fuel lack
- “Unorthodoxes” airlines
- Problem in control
Eyeine: “I thought I had seen springs in the air”
An eyewitness who saw the Bell 206 helicopter of the couch, the broadcaster CNN said: “It seemed like he bumped into geese. I thought I had seen feathers in the air.” Such a collision is a well -known risk in aviation – especially about the Hudson River who regularly crosses water birds.
The rotor tore from the back?
In a second theory, various flight experts take serious failures of the main equipment due to a lack of maintenance that the helicopter got out of hand. The main rotor may have been hit back in an extreme flight situation and torn it off.
“The most important rotor blades are extremely flexible and can theoretically bow in the wrong direction when it goes in the wrong direction that it touches the rear tree and then usually also separates. It can therefore happen that the Rotor rejects and drips,” Michael Roth, CEO of the EURONWS, verkeken Tours.
The Bell 206 helicopters with one engine offer space for seven people and are regularly confronted with strict maintenance requirements. Incorrect maintenance of the helicopter can make it vulnerable to mechanical disorders.
The German helicopter and flight instructor Klaus Müller, on the other hand, is more likely that the chain of unusual circumstances led to the tragedy. An “unorthodox” flight maneuver or a problem in control, for example. He also does not exclude a clash with birds compared to the newspaper “Bild”.
Another theory: lack of fuel. According to the New York Helicopter operator, the pilot distributed shortly after the beginning that he urgently had to refuel.
Source: Krone
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