Damm ....
Hard way to die.
Families gotta be struck hard by this.
Kinda wonder if the pilot put it into a dive to keep up rotor speed and couldn't get nose/flare up to start autorotation braking.
Lotta Blackhawks in the mid 80,s had transmission/ rotor head failures and went straight down like that.
😔😔😔
They were grounded for about 8 of my 15 months in ROK during the mid-80s.
1st time I flew as passenger from point A to B on a Blackhawk was 88 89 in Korea.
The rep as crashhawk was pretty world wide by then.
Kinda a morbid joke amongst 11B,s and someone would always say it.
"Too late to update your SGLI now if you haven't already"
Felt more comfortable back then honestly on ROK Army Hueys.
I remember the 1st slingload with a Hummer under one with a Driver and me as TC riding along.
Nervous as hell the entire flight up by the Imjim.
Never so glad to drop that hummer and go side ways about 75 yds and get off that bird and on the ground.
Went on many point A to B flights on Blackhawks worldwide the 3 times I got assigned to the 101st.
Got comfortable flying on Blackhawks as time went by and mech mods done to them addressing problems back then.
Something seriously went wrong with that Bird that went down in that clip slumlord posted.
😔😔😔
Gotta be horrible for the families of those guys.
RIP........
