Mi-26 Helicopter Crashes into a Pole at Yakutsk Air Base

[Tiger G]

A Mi-26 military transport helicopter, operated by the Border Service of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia, collided with a lighting mast at Yakutsk Airport (YKS) on July 27, 2023.......

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[discorules]

Wow...that marshaller was incredibly lucky not to be hit by the detaching blades.
Hopefully the vehicle driver was unhurt, but it just goes to show the force and distance that they can travel.

[Less Hair]

Does it have a steerable nose wheel or a castoring one with brakes needed to steer? The Mi-26 is huge.

[JanetFlight]

Reborn again...

[BFSGrad]

Guessing all eyes were on the marshaller?

Spoiler alert: despite a gallant effort to remain standing, the conspicuously-marked pole is eventually felled.

[ShyTorque]

I suspect the pilot had probably dropped his white stick

[DuncanDoenitz]

Originally Posted by discorules

Wow...that marshaller was incredibly lucky not to be hit by the detaching blades.
Hopefully the vehicle driver was unhurt, but it just goes to show the force and distance that they can travel.

Agreed. If a helicopter decides to self-destruct on the ground, the safest place within 500 metres is normally inside the helicopter.

[Avman]

Words simply fail me! I just cannot understand what made them go so deep before making the turn?

[Union Jack]

Surely it's well known that Poles don't like Russians....

Jack

[OvertHawk]

Originally Posted by Union Jack

Surely it's well known that Poles don't like Russians....

Jack

[stevef]

Originally Posted by Union Jack

Surely it's well known that Poles don't like Russians....

Jack

Where's the Like button when you need it!

[atakacs]

Originally Posted by Avman

Words simply fail me! I just cannot understand what made them go so deep before making the turn?

Baffling
Perfect conditions
Absolute empty space

What on earth went through their mind?!

[stevef]

Originally Posted by atakacs

What on earth went through their mind?!

Almost bits of the main rotor blades ...

[MechEngr]

Originally Posted by atakacs

Baffling
Perfect conditions
Absolute empty space

What on earth went through their mind?!

Orders for deployment to Ukraine. Can't get shot down without a helicopter. Whatever else happens, that should be off the table.

[ATC Watcher]

Originally Posted by MechEngr

Orders for deployment to Ukraine. Can't get shot down without a helicopter. Whatever else happens, that should be off the table.

interesting comment . Especially since it deliberately disregarded the marshaller signs , who gave up in the end , and the car driver too had to move , not expecting it to come so close . But we do not have the R/T , could have been told or directed to park somewhere else on the R/T.

a Russian blogger I am following regularly reports that there seems to be quite a few sabotage acts in the military or voluntary acts to prevent going to the front .