snoop1130 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Navy helicopter lands in river, three injured By THE NATION A Navy helicopter transporting personnel from the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Foundation mistakenly landed in the Uttaradit’s Nan River on Thursday evening. The helicopter had taken off from Kanchanaburi and was heading to Uttaradit. There were 10 people onboard, including two pilots, two mechanics and six medical personnel from the foundation. Both pilots and one foundation staff member sustained injuries and were sent to Nampad Hospital. The patients were to be transferred to the Army’s Vichaiyut Hospital on Friday. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395909 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-10-09 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maverell Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stouricks Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? Google Maps not working? 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tracker1 Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? It was a navy helicopter after all ! water 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? It,s one of those submarine hunting helicopters searching for one of Mr P,s new toys...... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 https://www.thaipbsworld.com/a-helicopter-carrying-a-princess-chulabhorn-medical-team-crash-lands-near-sirikit-dam/ A helicopter, carrying a 6-member medical team of Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, crash-landed near the Sirikit Dam in Thailand’s northern province of Uttradit Thursday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post heist Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 35 minutes ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? Have you ever asked anyone here for directions? 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, tracker1 said: It was a navy helicopter after all ! water 13 minutes ago, petermik said: 45 minutes ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? It,s one of those submarine hunting helicopters searching for one of Mr P,s new toys...... As it is a navy helicopter, didn't anybody think about them having to do night time landing practice exercises for the new subs they've just purchased ?? [my timing is off by 13 minutes. Need more thread snipping practice] Edited October 9, 2020 by RichCor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 Obviously these Pilots are training to be Submarine Captain's ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 As pictured on the sales brochure As experienced by the passengers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? easy done; helicopter, Thai pilots, sailors trying to fly; its in one or all of those three items 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pib Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 Mistakenly landed in a river.....maybe the smooth water surface made the pilot think it was a road. Or he was flying over heavily forested terrain and knew setting the helo down in a river (which was surely shallow) would definitely be better than setting the helo down on the top of trees where the helo would then tumble/crash from treetops to ground. I doubt he had a lot of time or options in where to set the helo down. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisY1 Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 As Spike Milligan would have said..."he's fallen in the water"! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookiescot Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 They might be saying "mistakenly landed in the water" because it sounds better than "the helicopter broke so they had to ditch it somewhere". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Looks like the navy can add one helicopter to the shopping list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerculler Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Thai pilots have the same training as car and motorcyclists. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: mistakenly landed in the Uttaradit’s Nan River With news like that I anticipate future headlines like: "New Thai submarine runs aground trying to 'enter' coastal road" "Captain: 'We mistook it for the Chao Phraya estuary'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiCNX Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Emergency landing? CAAT something wrong with your system? Oh I forgot you a C (civil) so you can not control these guys ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 As others have suggested, probably the only place he could find/reach that had no tree cover. If he was autorotating (gliding using his rotors) due to engine failure then he would have very limited options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Anyway, looking at it now, I think we can use the words of an old Somerset railwayman I once knew: "Tis all wore out you, twill never pull another train!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpduggan Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 10/9/2020 at 11:49 AM, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? He thought he was driving a submarine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 10/9/2020 at 5:49 PM, Maverell said: How the heck can you land in a river by mistake ? What is so hard to understand? The river simply was at the wrong location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkside Gray Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Hardly a landing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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