Nine feared dead in quake crash (moved from ATSNN)

Fears have appeared after a helicopter while helping in the earthquake hit area of Indonesian island of Nias. All miltary personnel are feared dead and another two are seriously injured.
Poor weather in the area has been reported and its believed that this may be the cause of the crash. But its still unknown what exactly brought the helicopter down.



Its a sad day of the Australian people. Its feared that nine has paid with their lives in trying to help the quake hit area. Poor weather is believed to have caused the crash, but i think the cause is still unkown.



This map shows the area and we can see that the island Nias was one of the worst hit by the quake. Aid is still pouring in and its sad that nine have to pay with their lives.

[edit on 2-4-2005 by infinite]

[edit on 2-4-2005 by infinite]

is the sea king the helicopter type that has had a crahing problem in canada?

is the sea king the helicopter type that has had a crahing problem in canada?

im not sure,
you'll have to search around to see

The Sea King helicopter had been ferrying an emergency medical team

ATS Link

Very sad.

is the sea king the helicopter type that has had a crahing problem in canada?

Thats the one.

Canada bought 41 Sea King helicopters in 1963. They require 30 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight. Nice eh?
Hopefully the new military budget will allow for newer helicopters.

its a really sad story,
i think bad weather caused the crash, it was being reported about the weather in the area.

if memory serves i believe weather was blamed in the case of a few canadian crashes as well. then it was harder to sweep under the rug when they crashed more and more.perhapse it is well past time that sea kings were permanantly grounded.

amuseingly canada several years ago did order some new helicopters. then the government decided that we did not need new helicopters and spent quite a lot to cancel the order. stupid boobs politicians can't live with them, can't just shoot them all. the fastest way to create a problem is to let politics get involved.

foxnews is now covering the story

www.foxnews.com...

It seems that no one really knows what brought this helicopter down. my money is on bad weather, but im not sure.

CNN have abit on this aswell;

edition.cnn.com...

There is still no word on what caused the chase, im still guessing it was bad weather. But i will be updating, once i know what brought it down.