Helicopter smash in Russia that killed three caused by pilot letting
drunk passenger take the controls
A helicopter crash that killed
three people in Russia was caused by the drunk pilot allowing an also-inebriated
passenger to pilot the aircraft, according to an inquiry.
The US-made
Robinson R44 went down in a forest near the town of Solnechnogorsk, northwest of
Moscow, on the afternoon of December 8 after clipping some tree tops and
spinning out of control.
An analysis of the pilot's blood after the crash
revealed that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.9 per mil, above the UK legal
driving limit of 0.8. The passengers had a level of 1.6 and 2.2 per
mil.
The pilot was reportedly in the helicopter's front-left seat when
the helicopter crashed. He would usually be expected to be in the front-right
seat as it is fully equipped for flying the aircraft, reported Zee
News.
This suggests it was being flown by the passenger, the Interstate
Aviation Committee said in a report released Friday.
The commitee also
said the pilot had used forged medical documents to obtaine his license
illegally and neither the pilot nor the front-seat passenger was qualified to
fly an R44 at night or in bad weather.
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