[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

I'm not sure people comprehend how difficult it would be to fly a helicopter into the side of a plane, moving perpendicularly, on purpose. The pilot might have been being reckless/incompetent but it being a deliberate attack is more or less impossible.

If it can happen accidentally, I don't see why it would be impossible to do it deliberately for all we know the helicopter might have had a bomb detonated on board Have I watched too many movies

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

If it can happen accidentally, I don't see why it would be impossible to do it deliberately for all we know the helicopter might have had a bomb detonated on board Have I watched too many movies

Because for it to be an accident it just has to be a freak "wrong place wrong time" occurrence... for it to be deliberate, the helicopter pilot would have had to precisely gauge hitting the plane, at a 90 degree angle, when the plane is moving at 150mph+, and the helicopter's TOP speed is no more than 150mph.

If that helicopter pilot to have pulled that off on purpose - first time, one shot at it... it's just highly unlikely.

If it had been a head on collision maybe but it was at an angle from the side.