I don't dare Google "wrapped in plastic and duct tape".

Isn't this supposed to be Jared Kushner's Mid-East peace plan?

I see tsunami waves of this magnitude every summer at the beach.

No you don't.

Update:

The pilot asked air traffic controllers a special clearance, known as Special Visual Flight Rules, to fly in less than optimal weather, said NTSB board member Jennifer Homendy, who went to the crash scene to collect evidence.

The helicopter, she added, circled in the air for 12 minutes before being given the clearance. The pilot then asked controllers for "flight following", an assistance given to helicopters to avoid collisions, but was told the craft was too low to be picked up by radar.

Minutes later, the pilot said he was "climbing to avoid a cloud layer", she added. The helicopter climbed and began a left descending turn, according to radar data, before communication was lost "consistent with the accident location".

Sounds a lot like the JFK Jr. crash.

The only one responsible for taking care of you is YOU. It's not the government's job to "take care" of anyone.

And you would be where now, without the government?

why would a Dem vote?

To have a Democrat as president?

None would take off in it, to be sure. But if in the air and it forms around you, you don't have much choice but to fly in it.

Now reporting that it was foggy when they took off. Police had grounded their choppers due to weather but they had special permission to fly.

They did ask us to leave if you don't recall.

Did you?

"All survivors were determined to have been perished,"

Ouch. The sheriff needs a rewrite.

But if in the air and it forms around you, you don't have much choice but to fly in it.

Fair point.

And what would they have overloaded it with? It wasn't people. There was still room for 5 more people.

In a utility transport, yes. Some of those things are decked out with acoustic modules that limit them to less but passengers don't need headsets. Those would add weigh, no?

I read about witness reports hearing "engine sputtering". Did not read anything about VFR in fog though. What kind of suicidal pilot would fly VFR in fog?

Didn't donald just send a few thousand marines there to secure this place?

That said, if these are just those cheesy "grenade on a stick" rockets they lob at Israel it's not a big deal.

Why would a pilot engage in an act (overloading his craft) that would likely cause his own death?

My bet would be time pressure and assuming one of his engines was not likely to fail. One of the dangers of twin engine aircraft.

Like I said, NTSB report will be out in a year. Good bet that thing was loaded with monitors.

And I assume you are joking about a hot tub in a helicopter, right?

A wee bit hyperbolic perhaps. :-) That said, industrial pilots fly under more stringent rules than others, and are less likely to bend them.

John Denver was an accomplished pilot and he died because he took off with a near empty gas tank.

That's more than light enough for normal operations

Can't rule out a wet bar and a hot tub though. Rich celebrities have some outlandish things.

The US is calling on the government of Iraq "to fulfill its obligations to protect our diplomatic facilities," the State Department spokesperson said.

Now that's just funny.

I wonder if that copter was overloaded with people and gear.

Might play a part. The S-76 is a twin but reports are odd engine noises.

NTSB report will be out in a year or so.

Dying in a fire has got to be the worst..

It would be close. Sounds like the fire was after it impacted.

Just damn...pretty awful way to go...

Probably worse ways to go than dying in your private helicopter.

donald was truly brilliant scoring that $95 Billion deal in 2013.

Are these the same Generals who Pres Trump routinely trashes?

He's talking about Jarvanka.

...who will even tell you what size drinks you should be allowed to have.

Or how many scoops of ice cream.

Wow. The Clintons burrowed deep under the skin of some.

And yet they wonder why they won't go away. Odd.

Our culture teaches people the government owes them a living so why bother learning.
And everyone deserves a ribbon.

But enough about the Army. :-)

So please - stop saying 'Ira is lying'...

Sorry, the "Kenyan Muslim" thing is a dead giveaway.