Yesterday while I was traveling in a helicopter which crashed in the sea. That was closest call yet.
The main rotor failed and the chopper started going down from 1500 ft. Thanks God all the choppers we use have a safety future of inflatable skids which inflates when comes in contact with water. The good thing is the pilot was able to bring it down straight instead of at an angle, the CG was good and the chopper safely balanced on the skids. We were picked up by the Iranian coast gaurd within 1 hour and now today I am back home after 5 days.
Die another day, You only live twice. The spy who sha.. . Loved me
It would have been interesting if you had spiced up your adventure a bit with the help of sharks, whales, dolfins … staying alive in open see in the summer of persian gulf … then rescued by iranians … the interogations and stuff … the torture questions like you are sunni or muslim ? Which firm do you work for ? for how long are you doing this job… the perpetrated links of your company with American firms …
Aahhh the Drama, the tension … charged up atmosphere … the thought going through your mind. Thinking about your family and friends Aaaaaah. And you mention what ? nothing
Nothing as fancy as spy. I work for oil industry and this is a normal mode of transportation to the oil rigs.
It’s not Iranian coast, it’s the persian gulf I am talking about which is between uae and Iran. and again I work for oil patch. Ever heard of satellite communication systems, works everywhere. . BTW this is the reason that sometimes I don’t post for some days if I don’t get good connection.
I was but now I am back home in Oman.
It’s not that fancy choppers you see in the movies, this is that 13 passenger flying thing.
No clue about it.
LOL actually I do work for an american oilfield company but to play in Iran the company is registered in Sigapore. The only thought going through my mind was my sea survival course which I was rehearsing in mind that was in case if the chopper had flipped over.
Actually no, too many things were happening at the same time. No time to think about this.
I was traumatised but nothing serious. eh. nothing that old chivas cannot fix.
Yesterday while I was traveling in a helicopter which crashed in the sea. That was closest call yet.
The main rotor failed and the chopper started going down from 1500 ft. Thanks God all the choppers we use have a safety future of inflatable skids which inflates when comes in contact with water. The good thing is the pilot was able to bring it down straight instead of at an angle, the CG was good and the chopper safely balanced on the skids. We were picked up by the Iranian coast gaurd within 1 hour and now today I am back home after 5 days.
Well just another day at work.
Amazing experience of survival.Allah ne hifz o ama mein rakha. :). Everybody was fine too?
HOw long did u guys have to be in water before the rescue...and an amazing job done by the pilot.
My father had a plane crash early in his career when the engine stopped in the cessna that he was flying. He basically glided the plane trying to bypass the human population, but where they did finally crash....amazingly the plane came down in such a way that both the wings were on two homes, and they survived.:)
Write your experience in detail in your blog or here.Would really like to read it.
jeez LB your one lucky guy! there was a heli crash a week or so ago in the uk and it made think about the chances of survival when something goes wrong up there. i didnt know they could come down level.
mashallah all the best to you and well done that pilot.
how are your colleagues coping with the experience?
