Pave Hawk crashes in Norfolk - 4 dead.

Malevolence · 7 Jan 2014 at 22:27

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978

Little news so far, but sounds nasty.

gettothechopper · 7 Jan 2014 at 22:30

Terrible news - Hh60 crews are hero's in afghanistan. everytime one comes in you remember they would come for you too

Malevolence · 7 Jan 2014 at 22:40

gettothechopper said:
Terrible news - Hh60 crews are hero's in afghanistan. everytime one comes in you remember they would come for you too

A mate of mine won his DFC for his part in refuelling those chaps in Afghan from his MC-130.

Him and his crew. My mate is front row, 2nd from right.

Ol!ver · 8 Jan 2014 at 02:13

The helicopter came down at 18:00 GMT and a spokesman said the first unit arrived at the scene at 19:53 GMT.

And then....

Suzanne McKnespiey, who runs Cookies Crab Shop, in nearby Salthouse, said she heard the sound of a low aircraft overhead between 18:30 and 19:00.

Am I being particularly dim tonight, or does none of that add up?

Elixir · 8 Jan 2014 at 02:26

I think the 18:00 GMT is a typo and should be 19:00 GMT. Other news sites are saying it came down around 19:00 GMT.

Malevolence · 8 Jan 2014 at 05:24

Ol!ver said:
And then....

Am I being particularly dim tonight, or does none of that add up?

She also says this.

"I quickly looked out of the window and it was a helicopter," she said.

"It was low and very loud. It flew overhead and out towards the sea, going very fast.

"We're used to hearing helicopters here but not that low."

Perhaps what she heard and saw was a helo tasked to investigate the downed helo's mayday or the report of it going down.

Guyver · 8 Jan 2014 at 06:41

very sad news. thoughts are with friends and family's

areksnumbr1sxylady · 8 Jan 2014 at 07:00

Looks like there was a failure and they were steering away the craft to the sea to avoid casualties??

Based on the witness account of it flying very low and going towards the sea.

Cosimo · 8 Jan 2014 at 07:04

Very sad and news not saying much more than last night. My thoughts are with the family and friends of the crew.

Ur round next · 8 Jan 2014 at 08:47

It happened not to far from where I was last night

Ceryndrion · 8 Jan 2014 at 09:16

I was rather amused to see in the daily fail, the comments by people blaming the MOD for flying 'old' equipment that is 'ready to fall out of the sky' rather than buy new.. Even though the helicopter in question is part of the 48th fighter wing, and nothing to do with the MOD at all..

Just goes to show, for all their bluster, daily fail readers, really don't have a brain cell between them.

Flibster · 8 Jan 2014 at 12:46

*doffs hat*

SAR crew from my local base.

opstrat · 8 Jan 2014 at 12:54

Ceryndrion said:
I was rather amused to see in the daily fail, the comments by people blaming the MOD for flying 'old' equipment that is 'ready to fall out of the sky' rather than buy new.. Even though the helicopter in question is part of the 48th fighter wing, and nothing to do with the MOD at all..

Just goes to show, for all their bluster, daily fail readers, really don't have a brain cell between them.

and the fact the the pave hawk is upgraded tech to replace old tech ie the black hawk.

seriously can we not do something about the daily fail its getting a bit too much recently.

Stelly · 8 Jan 2014 at 12:58

opstrat said:
and the fact the the pave hawk is new tech to replace old tech ie the black hawk.

seriously can we not do something about the daily fail its getting a bit too much recently.

Thought that the Pave Hawk was the USAF version of the Black Hawk?

Stelly

opstrat · 8 Jan 2014 at 13:09

the pave hawk is just a modified version of the black hawk.

It was given Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment hence the new name "pave".