Taiwan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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To be fair, AH-64D and the variants before it are all combat proven, but the new AH-64E is not. Taiwan is the first foreign operator of the AH-64E.
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Skywatcher
Captain
It *might* be fixable, but considering the extent of the damage (looks like a lot of the expensive avionics and sensors got totaled), maybe buying a new AH-64E would be preferrable?
Most likely pilot error...but we will have to wait for the report.
That particular aircraft was one that they used in some of their PR photos.
Very expensive mistake...but also very blessed that no one was killed.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
[video=youtube;lQ8-kpwQAks]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ8-kpwQAks[/video]
Video of the Event,
Video of the Event,
Hard to say from that video, but it looks like he may have clipped a power wire before hitting the building. At least from what we can see, that is what I would deduce.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
plawolf
Lieutenant General
You can just about see the helicopter careening out of control on the right corner of that video at the 2 second mark for a few frames.
Looks like it was traveling at a fair clip. My question is, if the pilot was totally disoriented and couldn't tell where he was or where his plane was going, why didn't he reduce forward airspeed to nill and hover? He could then slowly descent or ascend until he got visibility and his bearings back, and then continued on his way safely knowing where he was what what was around him.
Its also odd that he lost all visibility when the Apache was excellent thermal vision sensors. Surely that would have easily penetrated the fog and gave him a good picture?
That Apache is a total write-off. More parts are damaged or destroyed then intact, and what's left will need extensive testing to make sure there aren't hidden internal stress fractures or faults before you can safely use any of it again.
Looks like it was traveling at a fair clip. My question is, if the pilot was totally disoriented and couldn't tell where he was or where his plane was going, why didn't he reduce forward airspeed to nill and hover? He could then slowly descent or ascend until he got visibility and his bearings back, and then continued on his way safely knowing where he was what what was around him.
Its also odd that he lost all visibility when the Apache was excellent thermal vision sensors. Surely that would have easily penetrated the fog and gave him a good picture?
That Apache is a total write-off. More parts are damaged or destroyed then intact, and what's left will need extensive testing to make sure there aren't hidden internal stress fractures or faults before you can safely use any of it again.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Flight Global has a different take.