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chuck731 said:

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For all that helipad and hanger does she not carry a helicopter of her own? And why did the Chinese helicopter have to land on ice next to her, why couldn't the helicopter land directly on Aurora Australis' helipad? Even a fully loaded helicopter should not weigh so much that it endanger a ship's deck, particularly if it is already strengthened for helicopter.

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I think you need to do a little Google in the incident, the Ka-32 is said to be too heavy for the helipad on the Aurora. Actually, I myself is somehow skeptical about such a statement because helipad even though designed for smaller helicopters should at least be able to overload double of its support weight. Unless that helipad is for RC helicopters!

Guys, I think you all need to read the article carefully!

The ship that was stuck is NOT the Aurora.. it's the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy. the Chinese Kamov was used to transport the folks to the Aurora. That last picture Gerry posted is clearly the Shokalskiy and not the Aurora which is red. the white and blue is the stranded Russian ship.
I believe the reason was they had a last minute change of plan. Initially the were suppose to transport the passengers from the Chinese icebreaker to the Aurora by boat but instead they decided to helivac them straight. The had already prepared a makeshift helipad so that's why they landed on it instead of the helipad. As to why they didn;t use Auroa's helicpter who knows! maybe they were in routine maintenance or the russian ship had some contractual/legal reasons for the Chinese to do the rescue. We also don;t know what kind of chopper is on board the Aurora. You want to minimize the trip so you want the biggest chopper you can get. My guess is the Kamov can also take in more people than the helo in the Aurora.The Chinese icebreaker was also the closest to the stuck ship which I'm sure was also a critical reason.

SteelBird said:

I think you need to do a little Google in the incident, the Ka-32 is said to be too heavy for the helipad on the Aurora. Actually, I myself is somehow skeptical about such a statement because helipad even though designed for smaller helicopters should at least be able to overload double of its support weight. Unless that helipad is for RC helicopters!

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I don't know about the helipad, but I believe the Aurora Australis carries 1-2 AS350 Squirrel, which has a MTOW of 2 tons and therefore is not very suitable for transporting a lot of people. It is quite possible that a helipad designed for 2-ton helicopter is not the best place to land a 12-ton helicopter.

Students are busy studying in the Anhui Agriculture University on Dec. 31, 2013, in preparation for the postgraduate exam from Jan. 4 to 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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A student warms ear with hot water bag as studying in the Anhui Agriculture University on Dec. 31, 2013, in preparation for the postgraduate exam from Jan. 4 to 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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Students study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou of Fujian province on Jan. 2, 2014 in preparation for the postgraduate exam, which will take place from Jan. 4 to 6. [Photo: China News Service / Zhang Bin]

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Volunteers package laba porridge, a kind of rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit eaten on the eigth day of the twelfth lunar month which falls on the Jan. 8 this year, at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 3, 2014. Linyin Temple were busy in preparing more than 300,000 bowls of laba porridge which would be distributed to citizens and tourists for free at the temple and other communities on Jan. 8, and the temple would open for free to the public on that day. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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Chinese artist perform at the Diamond Island Grand Theatre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 2, 2014. The China Ethnic Art Troupe on Thursday evening presented a glittering cultural performance in Cambodian capital to promote cultural ties between the two countries. (Xinhua/Li Hong)

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Visitors view snow sculptures at Jingyuetan National Forest Park in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 2, 2014. The "Jingyue Snow World", with numbers of snow sculptures, opened to tourists on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wang Haofei)

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Real news..

Reporters stand by the front gate of the Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco, the United States, on Jan. 2, 2014. The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that the Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco was damaged in an arson attack, the State Department said Thursday. (Xinhua)

Chinese consulate-general in San Francisco damaged in arson attack

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese consulate-general here was severely damaged in an arson attack Wednesday, according to a statement posted on its website Thursday.

A person got out of a mini-van parked in front of the main entrance of the consulate at 9:25 p.m.(GMT 5:25 a.m. Thursday) Wednesday, poured two buckets of gasoline onto the front door and set it alight, severely damaging the door, it said.

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Police seized 3 tons of methamphetamine in Boshe, a notorious drug-producing village in Lufeng, Guangdong Province, in a massive operation on Dec. 29, 2013. Thousands of law enforcement officers across multiple agencies conducted more than 100 separate raids, ending in a seizure of 23 tons of raw materials and 182 arrests from 18 drug cartels. [Photo: swsm.net]

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A massive drugs operation ends in the seizure of three tonnes of crystal meth, or "ice," and 182 arrests, in Boshe Village in the city of Lufeng, south China's Guangdong province, local police announced on Thursday. It involved more than 3,000 personnel in 109 separate raids with the help of helicopters and border speedboats. (Source:ecns.cn)

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Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2014 shows the scene of a fire accident in an industry plant of Midea refrigerator in the economic and technological development zone of Hefei, east Chian's Anhui Province, Jan. 3, 2014. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

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Strike in garment industry in Cambodia has turned violent. According to LICADHO, the crack-down on Friday morning has left 4 death and 37 wounded.















A private clinic near the scene of the clash being destroyed by protesters that it closed the door and rejected wounded protesters.



The CNRP calls for cease cracking-down on innocent people by police. I personally can't agree with the word "innocent" in their sentence.

bd popeye said:

Real news..

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I hope they catch the perp that did this.






Sort of like "Breaking Bad" Chinese style.

My man in H-town sez;

I hope they catch the perp that did this.

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And I agree! I'm sure this idot was "caught on a video" surveillance camera.

SteelBird.. I hope the strike is settled to both parties satisfaction and the violence is quelled in Camboida.

bd popeye said:

My man in H-town sez;



And I agree! I'm sure this idot was "caught on a video" surveillance camera.

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I have a new fondness for SF and SF Chinatown when visited there in October. Such a beautiful city in such beautiful surroundings as well. I heard that all along the California coast it's like that.

I do hope the video capture would be enough for the FBI (in charge of this case together with the SFPD).

Equation said:

Sort of like "Breaking Bad" Chinese style.

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Film at eleven!

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