Emergency landing in Hollywood parking lot!

[Capt Hollywood]

Edited : Original video I posted was removed, a few more have sprung up on Youtube.

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Other link here.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/losangelesc ... 05636.html

[Iceman]

Looks like a bellows seal, gone, lots of smoke burning oil etc.?

[UnObvious]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.1146068

[Zebt]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/watch-a-news-helicopter-emergency-landing-hollywood-covering-shotgun-rampage-article-1.1146068

Dramatic film.
A question, any suppression system used in these as it looked like the smoke stopped quite quickly? Is there a risk of making a fire potentially worse by opening the cowling or is there already lots of air circulating around the turbine casing? I have been taught to not open up any access hatches etc in possible engine fires (fire fighting training for choppers crashing on the decks of ships!).

[SuperF]

never saw the video, but the helicopters ive been involved with have that many vent holes in the cowls that opening them wouldnt make any difference to the airflow around a fire.

[Capt Hollywood]

Bump.

I've updated my original post with some additional footage after the first video was removed by Youtube.

[truthinbeer]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/watch-a-news-helicopter-emergency-landing-hollywood-covering-shotgun-rampage-article-1.1146068

Dramatic film.
A question, any suppression system used in these as it looked like the smoke stopped quite quickly? Is there a risk of making a fire potentially worse by opening the cowling or is there already lots of air circulating around the turbine casing? I have been taught to not open up any access hatches etc in possible engine fires (fire fighting training for choppers crashing on the decks of ships!).

Good point Zebt. I entered an engineroom where minor oil spray onto a very hot machine had registered a fire-alarm. The door through which I gained access was 15m away from the machine & provided enough additional oxygen that the resulting fireball threw me backwards.

BTW thanks for posting the videos CH.