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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: NavyCanDo on March 18, 2014, 05:34:22 pm

Title: 2 killed as KOMO News helicopter crashes beside Space Needle
Post by: NavyCanDo on March 18, 2014, 05:34:22 pm

Horrible news coming from downtown Seattle.    The KOMO News building is just accross the street from Seattle center and the Space Needle. Its Helicopter comes and goes several times a day from the heloport on top of the building.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/News-helicopter-crashes-burns-beside-Space-Needle-250790281.html

Title: Re: 2 killed as KOMO News helicopter crashes beside Space Needle
Post by: Howie66 on March 18, 2014, 05:42:38 pm
Quote from: NavyCanDo on March 18, 2014, 05:34:22 pm
Horrible news coming from downtown Seattle.    The KOMO News building is just accross the street from Seattle center and the Space Needle. Its Helicopter comes and goes several times a day from the heloport on top of the building.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/News-helicopter-crashes-burns-beside-Space-Needle-250790281.html

Wow! Very sad news there!
Title: Re: 2 killed as KOMO News helicopter crashes beside Space Needle
Post by: Chieftain on March 18, 2014, 06:57:46 pm
Nasty one...both people in the helo were killed, hopefully on impact or they burned to death.  Sounds like they got out of ground effect and lost lift on one side and hit something.  Naval helicopters have had accidents of this nature trying to land on a ship and the helipad on a tall building is not that much different other than it is not moving.