A helicopter expert explains why the Hudson River crash involved a sudden tail rotor failure that made recovery impossible.
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A crash-analysis episode that keeps the focus on sequence, rotor behavior, and pilot judgment.
Airline Pilot Guy 659 follows the Hudson River helicopter crash near Manhattan into the smaller plane's flight path from takeoff to the crash in Florida, then takes enough time to map the sequence and rotor behavior in a way that stays easy to track.
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For a cockpit-side breakdown of the Hudson River crash and the Florida flight path.
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