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jmowreader

(50,566 posts) Wed Feb 23, 2022, 01:40 AM Feb 2022

https://www.ksl.com/article/50353784/no-injuries-after-2-blackhawk-helicopters-go-down-near-snowbird-

For some reason the main rotor assembly came apart while one aircraft was trying to land, and parts struck the other one.

In the "How did they do that?" department: one of the witnesses to the crash was skier Noah Sikorski. The helicopters were manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.

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2 Utah National Guard helicopters crash, no injuries (Original Post) jmowreader Feb 2022 OP

Yeah, that was an expensive cluster there. herding cats Feb 2022 #1

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1. Yeah, that was an expensive cluster there.

Wed Feb 23, 2022, 01:49 AM

Feb 2022

I'm glad everyone (per the article I read) were expected to be ok.

That's scary stuff!