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just_some_sasquatch t1_jbamx5a wrote

Reply to comment by LeastDescription4 in 2 helicopters collided in air by louiesoapbox

Well there are many, but the main one is poor treatment of captured Orcas leading to the deaths and/or horrible injuries of multiple employees. In that respect Sea World is basically the Tiger King of Orcas. You should watch a documentary called Blackfish if you can find it. Supposedly the bad PR from it caused them to stop doing Orca shows and breeding them in captivity.

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octagonlover_23 t1_jb81wv2 wrote

Reply to comment by IamNICE124 in 2 helicopters collided in air by louiesoapbox

Long time helicopter pilot here (4,000 hours) - I can assure you this was absolutely operator error on both parts. Modern helicopters are equipped with all sorts of sensors for both weather and unnatural objects. That little screen right below the "co-pilot" woman's chin (clearly not a co-pilot but that term just branched from planes) is actually the display for this type of proximity info.

So first case - that should've caught it, but the pilot was being absentminded and checking out the views.

Second, the flight plans for both of these crafts could not possibly have both vehicles in that place at that time, which is the other reason I can tell that this is operator error.

TL;DR, I'm not a heli pilot and I just made all this up

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IamNICE124 t1_jb6ls6j wrote

Reply to 2 helicopters collided in air by louiesoapbox

Jesus Christ that killed four people in the other helicopter..

Is this something would be identified as both pilots being at fault?

I’m not an expert at all, so I’m not casting judgement on either because I genuinely don’t know, just curious.

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