I was once warned by the US State Department, while I was working as a journalist in Bolivia to never, ever get into one of their helicopters when offered a ride to save travel time. These helicopters at that time were old Soviet models. Age, nation of manufacture and poor maintenance were all reasons for this, and also, because helicopters do have the unhappy tendency to fall out of the sky under the best of circumstances. So we drove for four hours on really crappy roads in a Japanese four wheel drive truck and arrived alive.
My cousin has been a helicopter mechanic for 20 years. He tells me he hates having to actually fly in one, because he knows everything that can go wrong.
This feels a bit like the Diana car crash in Paris in 1997. A lot of conspiracy theories, and - indeed - three important things could be learnt: 1. Wear a seatbelt, 2. Don't drink in drive and 3. Don't speed in dangerous environments. The lesson here might be: maintain your helicopter properly.
It is a sad commentary on the state of our world when you have to debunk conspiracy theories like the ones you mentioned. By the way, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups contain two of the most critically necessary food groups, peanut butter and chocolate. Keep up the good work!
As my wife, who was a psychotherapist when we met (and no, I wasn't a patient [though I'm sure I'm in some long-term study she's working on]), sometimes a banana in a dream is just a banana...
Sometimes helicopters crash, sometimes boats hit bridges, sometimes it rains on your wedding day...
Maintenance keep the aircraft airworthy so pilots can fly them. Flying in IMC in helicopters is very complex.
What are the navigation aids in that part of the world? Air Traffic Control? Search & Rescue capabilities? Age of aircraft, how many hours on the airframe and engines, inspections performed, maintenance logbook, pilots' currency in type and IFR experience.
We've only scratch the surface. There's a reason the NTSB take years to produce final reports.
Not to be that guy, but since it’s just us and not the unwashed masses of YouTube: I believe you might be wanting to say “…paragon of truth” not “paradigm of truth.”
Is it confirmed that his helicopter was with 2 other helicopters when it went down? If so, why did they have such a hard time locating the crash site if there was 2 other helicopters near when it happened?
The Irainians do not use Sat Nav. Neither GPS or Glonass so fixing the downed aircraft’s position would be a challenge. Reportedly they were in hard IMC so I doubt they were in a tight formation as the age of the equipment pretty much precludes adequate station keeping gear. All that said, I doubt they could have seen anything in that fog even if they were aware of the distressed aircraft.
The 2 other helicopters had one job, keep the Iranian president safe. Not only did they fail to do that, they completely lost him. That must have been quite some fog.
Why would it take so long to find the wreckage if there were two other helicopters flying with him? Can’t they save or communicate the coordinates? Or retrace their path?
Ryan: I’d opine that y’all shouldn’t even mention these serial “faux news” liars, as they know you’ll response to their nonsense w/ a logical and fully informed debunking of their BS, but you’ve also publicizing their shenanigans, feeding their likely belief that “no publicity is bad” approach to monitoring their crappola to the trumpie maga azzphats…..
It’s not for them, it’s for us. It’s a valuable public service to - even if it doesn’t directly impact you - to show people how lies are evolving. Liars are going to lie regardless.
What Ryan is doing is incredibly important. He is able to really articulate what the reality is of aa given pic or clip. He has done an incredible job of being fair and balanced. I've not always agreed with some aspects, but his technical and depth of detail has been great I'm sure he has made mistakes, but I doubt any intention to provide "alternative facts."
All that being said, I would like to think that what he explains will help a few people be a bit better with critical thinking. One can turn to two, and so on.
What I'm seeing over there is terrifying. A new civil war could easily turn into a world war due to the number of bases the US has
It is not an accident if you choose to climb into a 70 year old helicopter with a questionable maintenance record, during bad weather. Stupid! But not an accident.
For VIP air transport, it would seem prudent to have a medically-trained PJ on each aircraft. Try to cover in-air and on-ground medical emergencies. If one aircraft goes down in an inaccessible spot, drop off the other ones as close as practicable to get there on foot while spinning up a more complex rescue/recovery.
I was once warned by the US State Department, while I was working as a journalist in Bolivia to never, ever get into one of their helicopters when offered a ride to save travel time. These helicopters at that time were old Soviet models. Age, nation of manufacture and poor maintenance were all reasons for this, and also, because helicopters do have the unhappy tendency to fall out of the sky under the best of circumstances. So we drove for four hours on really crappy roads in a Japanese four wheel drive truck and arrived alive.
My cousin has been a helicopter mechanic for 20 years. He tells me he hates having to actually fly in one, because he knows everything that can go wrong.
This feels a bit like the Diana car crash in Paris in 1997. A lot of conspiracy theories, and - indeed - three important things could be learnt: 1. Wear a seatbelt, 2. Don't drink in drive and 3. Don't speed in dangerous environments. The lesson here might be: maintain your helicopter properly.
It is a sad commentary on the state of our world when you have to debunk conspiracy theories like the ones you mentioned. By the way, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups contain two of the most critically necessary food groups, peanut butter and chocolate. Keep up the good work!
As my wife, who was a psychotherapist when we met (and no, I wasn't a patient [though I'm sure I'm in some long-term study she's working on]), sometimes a banana in a dream is just a banana...
Sometimes helicopters crash, sometimes boats hit bridges, sometimes it rains on your wedding day...
Thank you for a daily dose of sanity.
Thanks for the thoughtful and sensible post and the particularly useful advice "The more James Bond you get, the less likely it is to be real."
Maintenance keep the aircraft airworthy so pilots can fly them. Flying in IMC in helicopters is very complex.
What are the navigation aids in that part of the world? Air Traffic Control? Search & Rescue capabilities? Age of aircraft, how many hours on the airframe and engines, inspections performed, maintenance logbook, pilots' currency in type and IFR experience.
We've only scratch the surface. There's a reason the NTSB take years to produce final reports.
Great video Ryan. Thanks for the hard work.
Maybe it was all the talk of masochism and dominatrix that got you demonetized haha
Not to be that guy, but since it’s just us and not the unwashed masses of YouTube: I believe you might be wanting to say “…paragon of truth” not “paradigm of truth.”
Is it confirmed that his helicopter was with 2 other helicopters when it went down? If so, why did they have such a hard time locating the crash site if there was 2 other helicopters near when it happened?
The Irainians do not use Sat Nav. Neither GPS or Glonass so fixing the downed aircraft’s position would be a challenge. Reportedly they were in hard IMC so I doubt they were in a tight formation as the age of the equipment pretty much precludes adequate station keeping gear. All that said, I doubt they could have seen anything in that fog even if they were aware of the distressed aircraft.
The 2 other helicopters had one job, keep the Iranian president safe. Not only did they fail to do that, they completely lost him. That must have been quite some fog.
What makes you think they dont use GPS?!
Maybe their secrecy policies? (Kidding)
Why would it take so long to find the wreckage if there were two other helicopters flying with him? Can’t they save or communicate the coordinates? Or retrace their path?
Once again this channel is money well spent.
Ryan: I’d opine that y’all shouldn’t even mention these serial “faux news” liars, as they know you’ll response to their nonsense w/ a logical and fully informed debunking of their BS, but you’ve also publicizing their shenanigans, feeding their likely belief that “no publicity is bad” approach to monitoring their crappola to the trumpie maga azzphats…..
It’s not for them, it’s for us. It’s a valuable public service to - even if it doesn’t directly impact you - to show people how lies are evolving. Liars are going to lie regardless.
Take it or leave it, here is my perspective:
What Ryan is doing is incredibly important. He is able to really articulate what the reality is of aa given pic or clip. He has done an incredible job of being fair and balanced. I've not always agreed with some aspects, but his technical and depth of detail has been great I'm sure he has made mistakes, but I doubt any intention to provide "alternative facts."
All that being said, I would like to think that what he explains will help a few people be a bit better with critical thinking. One can turn to two, and so on.
What I'm seeing over there is terrifying. A new civil war could easily turn into a world war due to the number of bases the US has
My bad…. “Monitoring” s/b monetizing
It is not an accident if you choose to climb into a 70 year old helicopter with a questionable maintenance record, during bad weather. Stupid! But not an accident.
For VIP air transport, it would seem prudent to have a medically-trained PJ on each aircraft. Try to cover in-air and on-ground medical emergencies. If one aircraft goes down in an inaccessible spot, drop off the other ones as close as practicable to get there on foot while spinning up a more complex rescue/recovery.