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 MikeBroy |
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Posts: 2788 (07/28/07 11:45:24) Southern Culture on the Skids |
On the news today there is a story about two news helicopters colliding in Phoenix. They were news helicopters both covering a high-speed chase on the ground. Occupants in both helicopters were killed.
In your opininion does the fellow who was fleeing the police have any responsibility in the deaths of the two pilots and two cameramen? |
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dick wilhelm |
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Posts: 329 (07/28/07 12:14:43) Conciliator |
I frankly don't think so but I have heard on some reports that folks in Phoenix plan to pursue that line.
I think it is a bit like me holding the fish responsible for the fishhook I got stuck in my thumb. A Zen master once said to me, "Do the opposite of whatever I
tell you." So I didn't. |
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Robus |
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Posts: 1034 (07/28/07 13:09:21) NASCAR househusband |
That's absurd. The cause of this accident was the pilots' failure to "see and avoid" as FAA regulations required them to do. If you want to fix indirect liability, place it on the helicopter company that tried to save a little money by having the helicopter pilots themselves do double-duty as reporters, instead of placing reporters on board and letting the pilots focus on flying.
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aspong |
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Posts: 705 (07/28/07 23:41:50) Ho Ho, it is to laugh |
Considering the congestion of news helicopters, and other traffic to boot, and the rate at which such accidents occur, this is a storm in a tea-cup. Per hours flown versus per hours driven in motor vehicles, there are still way more fatalities and by far more horrific injuries from motor accidents than there is from aircraft accidents. Is it that somehow because aircraft defy gravity that their crashes seems more significant?
Regarding news pilots though, I'm with Robus, pilots should not also be commentating. It's would be hard enough chasing a vehicle and keeping clear, let alone trying to commentate. I read that viewers saw the spinning from inside one of the helicopters just before it crashed. Seeing the spinning on the tv would've left a sickening feeling. |
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Slydder |
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Posts: 639 (07/29/07 10:32:23) Parsley |
There were five helicopters covering the chase at the time of the accident.
CNN is full of aircraft accidents today- a seaplane crash, two P-51s colliding at an airshow, and a bi-plane crashing during aerobatic maneuvers. I agree on the liability factor. It is odd that there is such a disconnect between our legal system and what most people think is right. I've heard that the driver will likely be charged for the helicopter deaths. Thank goodness we have juries. |
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