2 Helos Crash in Mineral Basin

[Buzzworthy]

Clarification, I was responding to the ‘taker out on land’ comment up thread. That seems to me to be quite difficult compared to flying them out of the immediate area and to then truck em down canyon.

[muted reborn]

The most valuable training is doing something for real. Seriously though, it's hard to imagine a better training scenario for a 47 or 53 crew than having to sling load fucked up 60s in the snow at elevation in a totally secure area.

That's exactly how we got 2 totaled helicopters, ha. What could possibly go wrong??

[Touring_Sedan]

DRAPER, Utah – Recovery operations for two Utah Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters involved in a training accident last week will begin March 2, 2022 until complete.

The UH-60 Black Hawks will be sling-loaded from the Mineral Basin area by a Nevada Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook and transported to Heber Valley Airport, Heber City, Utah. Air and ground crews will then load the aircraft on lowboy trailers for ground transport to the Utah Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan.

"Although military training operations can be dangerous, accidents of this nature rarely happen," said Col. Shane Manwaring, commander, 97th Aviation Troop Command. "Our Soldiers have worked tirelessly to prepare the aircraft for extraction from the area. It has been great to see our community partners support these efforts, especially the agencies of Snowbird, the U.S. Forest Service, Wasatch County, Wasatch County Sheriff, Heber City Police, Utah Highway Patrol, and the Heber Valley Airport."

The damaged aircraft are prepped for recovery operations and combined crews from the Utah and Nevada Army National Guard will use unit maintenance aerial-recovery kits to rig the aircraft to be hooked up to the CH-47 for air transport.

The public, mainly in the Heber Valley area, may hear noise from National Guard aircraft during the recovery operations the afternoon of March 2 and the morning of March 3, 2022.

“I’m extremely grateful that the Utah National Guard aircrews involved in the multi-aircraft incident at Mineral Basin walked away with only minor injuries. High-altitude recovery operations are complex by their very nature, especially with the restricted terrain and unpredictable weather patterns in Mineral Basin,” said Lt. Col. Gordon Pedersen, Utah National Guard Director of Aviation and Safety. “For the safety of the Soldiers involved in the recovery operation and the general public, we are asking everyone to avoid Mineral Basin and the Heber Valley Airport on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning."

[powdork]

Hmm. Imagine, if you will, a vehicle designed to travel through the air -- over and around obstacles that would be able to travel from greater San Diego to greater Salt Lake City with only one refueling stop -- conveniently located at around the midway point of the flight at a large AFB outside Las Vegas.

I would think the closest would be at NAS Fallon, only 350 miles or so away

[NBABUCKS1]

well I hope it produces some cool videos from the ridge today. Somehow mineral basin is open today according to snowbird. Maybe actual slinging will take place at a later date.

[Meadow Skipper]

DRAPER, Utah – Recovery operations for two Utah Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters involved in a training accident last week will begin March 2, 2022 until complete.

The UH-60 Black Hawks will be sling-loaded from the Mineral Basin area by a Nevada Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook and transported to Heber Valley Airport, Heber City, Utah. Air and ground crews will then load the aircraft on lowboy trailers for ground transport to the Utah Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan.

"Although military training operations can be dangerous, accidents of this nature rarely happen," said Col. Shane Manwaring, commander, 97th Aviation Troop Command. "Our Soldiers have worked tirelessly to prepare the aircraft for extraction from the area. It has been great to see our community partners support these efforts, especially the agencies of Snowbird, the U.S. Forest Service, Wasatch County, Wasatch County Sheriff, Heber City Police, Utah Highway Patrol, and the Heber Valley Airport."

The damaged aircraft are prepped for recovery operations and combined crews from the Utah and Nevada Army National Guard will use unit maintenance aerial-recovery kits to rig the aircraft to be hooked up to the CH-47 for air transport.

The public, mainly in the Heber Valley area, may hear noise from National Guard aircraft during the recovery operations the afternoon of March 2 and the morning of March 3, 2022.

“I’m extremely grateful that the Utah National Guard aircrews involved in the multi-aircraft incident at Mineral Basin walked away with only minor injuries. High-altitude recovery operations are complex by their very nature, especially with the restricted terrain and unpredictable weather patterns in Mineral Basin,” said Lt. Col. Gordon Pedersen, Utah National Guard Director of Aviation and Safety. “For the safety of the Soldiers involved in the recovery operation and the general public, we are asking everyone to avoid Mineral Basin and the Heber Valley Airport on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning."

Thanks, even though I was looking forward to winning that bet that altacoup proposed.

[telefreewasatch]

Hope somebody is gettin footy of this shit...

[SJG]

https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/67046471

[thebirdhunter]

Miserable basin closed at 2pm today and soon after there were at least a hundred people along the ridge line like they were waiting for a rope drop except they all had their phones out filming the action. I peek over for a second and saw a Chinook flying up the valley and then we bailed to ski more slush. I have no idea what happened after that. But yea TFW I’d say at least a hundred people got footy.

[TahoeBC]

[Meadow Skipper]

The choppers are still there. At elevation a Chinook chopper isn’t rated to lift them out. They might be there for a while. I believe national guard is pulling 24/7 guard duty also.

Despite all the talk of these choppers that can lift the wreckage out of there. Who wants to bet me that they don’t fly them out? They’re going to wait for the snow to melt and haul them out

I’ll take that bet!

$25 to a local shelter - animal/women’s/homeless - from the loser?

…

[MTT]

Pretty cool

Nice day for it

[altacoup]

…

Turns out the info that Alta ski patrol was feeding me was wrong. Which animal shelter would you prefer the donation go to?

[Meadow Skipper]

Turns out the info that Alta ski patrol was feeding me was wrong. Which animal shelter would you prefer the donation go to?

Your choice, something local to you.

Just goes to show, you can’t trust patrollers.

[telefreewasatch]

Just goes to show, you can only trust Alta patrollers.

fify

[schindlerpiste]

Wait, is it April 1 already???

[altacoup]

Decided to double down and donated $50 to Doctors Without Borders to help Ukrainian refugees.


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[John_B]

Decided to double down and donated $50 to Doctors Without Borders to help Ukrainian refugees.


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Well fuck. Now I feel like an asshole for laughing at you losing a bet. Guess I should pony up too.

[Meadow Skipper]

Decided to double down and donated $50 to Doctors Without Borders to help Ukrainian refugees.

FKNA, nice move. Now I’m gonna match that.

[stuckathuntermtn]

How about that!

[m3dbcc]

Despite all the talk of these choppers that can lift the wreckage out of there. Who wants to bet me that they don’t fly them out?

[snowaddict91]

Despite all the talk of these choppers that can lift the wreckage out of there. Who wants to bet me that they don’t fly them out?

I've got $37 on them flying them out.

[telefreewasatch]

Despite all the talk of these choppers that can lift the wreckage out of there. Who wants to bet me that they don’t fly them out?

Helluva first post.
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