Helicopter Crash: Harness Failure Causes Sudden Ground Fall
- THIS is the shocking moment a damaged helicopter plummets to the ground while being airlifted by a second chopper.
- The Israeli helicopter rescue operation went awry reportedly due to a harness failure, dropping the chopper mid-flight.
- A heavy-lifting helicopter, a Yasur, had been sent to recover a smaller chopper which had made an emergency landing after encountering bad weather in the Gush Etzion area,...
THIS is the shocking moment a damaged helicopter plummets to the ground while being airlifted by a second chopper.
The Israeli helicopter rescue operation went awry reportedly due to a harness failure, dropping the chopper mid-flight.
A heavy-lifting helicopter, a Yasur, had been sent to recover a smaller chopper which had made an emergency landing after encountering bad weather in the Gush Etzion area, directly south of Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
It’s understood the smaller aircraft, a Yanshuf, had been damaged in the storm.
The rescue operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intended for the Yasur to use the sling-load method to airlift the grounded chopper.
While in flight, the damaged aircraft became detached from the helicopter that was carrying it.