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Euro copter tiger5/18/2023 “power lines, cableways and any other kind of aerial wires below 500 feet AGL (Above Ground Level) and in mountain regions in any airspace below 500 feet above the highest ridgeline, represent a significant hazard for all kinds of aircraft. Fortunately, also in this case nobody was wounded and the aircraft landed safely and returned to fly after being repaired.Īs explained in detail in a previous article: Also, in 1994, the Let 410 used by the Slovenian Army hit a power cable while landing at Ljubljana Airport. The pilot performed an emergency landing at Maribor Airport. 27, when a Pilatus PC-9M hit a power line with its tail during a low level flight near Dravograd. Another similar accident happened also in 2019, on Nov. The one occurred to the Spanish Army Tiger was not the first time that a military helicopter had a close encounter with cables in Slovenia.Īn AS532AL Cougar of the Slovenian Army hit with a wheel a wire rope used by loggers while flying over Srpenica on Aug. ![]() Spanish CH-47D Chinook (ET-419) was used to move the Tiger to Cerklje ob Krki AB. ![]() The incident demonstrated good organisational capabilities of the Spanish Armed Forces, as they successfully recovered the aircraft that was damaged so far from its homebase in another country and great cooperation work with the Slovenian Army. The helicopter will be carried back to Spain on board of an Airbus A400M of the Spanish Air Force. The Spanish Tiger successfully reached Cerklje ob Krki AB, Slovenia, after a short flight, as the air base is located only about 10 km from Brestanica. Spanish flight technicians removed the main rotor blades, the horizontal tail and other parts from the Tiger and prepared the helicopter for the airlift which was carried out on Saturday afternoon. The recovery operation of the stranded Spanish Army Tiger involved a Spanish CH-47D Chinook (ET-419) that landed in Cerklje ob Krki AB, Slovenia, in the afternoon on Friday May 21. The Spanish Army helicopter is prepared for the sling load operation. The landing area was secured by the Slovenian Police and Army. The power line was marked on the navigation chart. For now, what is certain is that the helicopter was flying too low. More details about the incident will be disclosed once the Slovenian authorities complete the ongoing investigation. The pilot decided to perform an emergency landing because of the heavy vibrations felt in the cockpit, caused by the damaged rotor blades. The Spanish Tiger on the ground after the emergency landing in Slovenia. ![]() Moreover, the rail transport near the improvised landing zone was suspended for some hours. The incident to the Spanish Tiger occurred around 11 AM LT and caused a short power outage to the nearby villages. Thanks you for all your continuous support and feedback, allowing me to now have over 200 uploads here.Spanish personnel work on the Tiger helicopter that performed the emergency landing in Slovenia. Your comments, ratings and donations are what keep me going, so don't stop what you've been doing ) Thanks you for all your continuous support and feedback, allowing me to now have over 200 uploads here. ![]() Please make sure to download the CWeaponInfoBlob Limit Adjuster by alexguirre to prevent loading screen crashes.Ĭheck out Instagram to be up-to-date with WIP works and to submit livery requests for new airliners. Thanks to nathanjamesddg151 for providing the Turbosquid model of the cockpit. Also has full LOD levels, bullet resistant glass and detailed pilot cockpit. Includes custom weapon settings and custom vehicle layout for more or less realistic entry. The second tuning option exchanges the homing missiles for Hydra barrage missiles. This will add the MG, slightly alter the forward fuselage and replace the sensor dome on top of the rotor with one above the cockpit. Those get complemented by PARS-3 homing missiles.īut since this is GTA and we want to have some variety, I have included the HAP configuration with MG as tuning option. Instead it has to static gunpods mounted on the inside pylons on the stub wings. The German UH Tiger does not have a controllable front MG like the French or Australian versions. A new attack helicopter, this time the Tiger in its German version as "Unterstützungshubschrauber" ("support helicopter").
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