Fukushima Prefectural Police Helicopter Emergency Landing Accident Rotor Wing Touches Rear of Aircraft, February 25, 18:46

This month, in an accident where a police helicopter was accidentally landed in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, the Transportation Safety Commission investigating the cause of the accident seems to have lost balance because the rotor called the `` main rotor '' contacted the rear of the aircraft. Revealed.

In Mihoda-cho, Koriyama-shi, Fukushima prefecture, a helicopter from the Fukushima Prefectural Police Headquarters, who had been carrying a heart for transplant surgery, landed on a rice paddy and rolled over. I owe it.

The Transportation Safety Commission said at a regular press conference on May 25 that the rotor called the `` main rotor '' came into contact with a part called the `` drive shaft '' at the rear of the fuselage and broke, and it seems that the aircraft lost balance. Revealed.

According to the Japan Transportation Safety Commission, a portion of the "drive shaft" was found in a mountain about 1.5 kilometers north of the crash landing site, almost in line with the damage to the "main rotor."

The "main rotor" has five wings of about 7 meters in length, and usually does not contact the aircraft, but when the wind suddenly blows, the aircraft warps and the wings come into contact That you might

The Japan Transport Safety Commission will analyze the weather data and flight records at that time and conduct further investigations.