10/29/2006

Helicopters in heavy rain

Nothing deep: after facing so many disastres apresented everywhere one gets unendurable. At the same time you feel that you "are supposed" to feel something. It's interesting to realize when do you feel somehow move.
I felt strange when I first head about the disaster of a helicopter connecting Helsinki and Tallinn. The ralation between me and the disaster: I came to a meeting in Tallinn in Sept 2005. We went also to a harbour for ferries coming from/to Helsinki. Besides being for ferries it was also a helicopter port. One of them was probably just preparing for take off. The main rotor was moving slowly (but still very loudly). Big machine, dark sky and the sea wind - it was all very impressive. I felt like going by the helicopter as well. Others felt the same later...and it was probably one of the last things they felt in theri lifes.
This article was inspired by this message describing some problems with solving the causes of the disaster.

Pomeren banalni: po tolika vsemoznych nestestich a katastraofach prezentovanych vsudemozne clovek otupi. A zaroven si uvedomuje, ze by "mel citit" nejake pohnuti. Je zajimave, pri jakych prilezitostech to pohnuti citi.
Ja jsem ho citil, kdyz jsem se dozvedel o padu helikoptery spojujici Talin a Helinky. Spojitost mezi mnou a onim nestestim: v zari 2005 jsem se ocitl na jistem setkani v Talinu a dostali jsme se i do pristavu, kam krom lodi z Helsinek priletaly i helikoptery. Jedna tam stala, zrejme se pripravovavala ke startu. Velky stroj, hlavni rotor pomalu krouzil, na pozadi temnych mracen a morskeho vetru to bylo nejak prizracne. Rikal jse si, ze bych tu cestu do Helsinek timto zpusobem zkusil. Jini si to take rikali... byla to asi jedna z posledncih veci, ktere si rikali.
K tehle uvaze me vedl tenhle clanek, ktery popoisuje problemy souvisejici s vyresenim pricin havarie.

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