Mil Mi-26 Halo (Izdeliye 90)

[Forest Green]

What happened here?

A Russian pilot of a Mi-26 helicopter decided to demilitarize itself on Yakutsk Airport. pic.twitter.com/hnvGrWlLBZ

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 27, 2023

View: https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1684671078126297089?s=20

 

[helmutkohl]

looks self explanatory.
pilot moved the helicopter too close to the poles, so the blades were destroyed

 

[yasotay]

Well, that's going to be an expensive refit.

 

[Moose]

What happened here?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1684671078126297089

View: https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1684671078126297089?s=20

No spotters visible on the ground, and at least some social media is claiming there was no copilot in the cockpit when this happened. Almost as if Russia's having manpower issues.

 

[Forest Green]

At the risk of sounding silly, what are those poles even doing in a helicopter landing area?

 

[TomS]

At the risk of sounding silly, what are those poles even doing in a helicopter landing area?

On a map of the airport, it looks like it's a parking area adjacent to a taxiway from the runway to the passenger terminal. So, light poles are perfectly normal.

 

[Forest Green]

No spotters visible on the ground, and at least some social media is claiming there was no copilot in the cockpit when this happened. Almost as if Russia's having manpower issues.

There is actually a spotter in the foreground if you look carefully, but I'd say he's in the wrong place.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

There is actually a spotter in the foreground if you look carefully, but I'd say he's in the wrong place.

Quite right, marshaling to the parking spot is not spotting....

 

[zjz]

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