Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's helicopter suffers engine trouble

[Lenno]

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were traveling from Washington, DC, to New York by helicopter on Thursday when one of the helicopter's two engines failed.
businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-jared-kushners-helicopter

First White Powder, now this.....

[Oscar Wilde]

Meh, as long as the other one keeps on burnin and the bird is single engine capable ... if both had quit then I'd be concerned.

O.W.

[Maximilian]

Meh, as long as the other one keeps on burnin and the bird is single engine capable ... if both had quit then I'd be concerned.

O.W.

Thats some great logic right there.
If both had quit in flight they would be dead...lol

[Oscar Wilde]

If both had quit in flight they would be dead...lol

Nah.

Aircraft don't require engines to land. Every glider landing, every space shuttle landing is /was a "dead stick".

For motorized aircraft, if the engine(s) quit, there's no question, the aircraft is going to make an unplanned landing. It's then merely a matter selecting the least unsuitable landing area. One fella had multiple engines fail and let down in a river, might of been the Hudson, don't recall exactly. No loss of life and all things considered, minimal airframe damage.

In fixed wing training, engine out landings are routinely practiced. In rotary wing, auto rotations are practiced. There is no reason to bust up an airplane or kill anyone just because of a landing, unplanned or otherwise.

Now in this instance a single engine failed but apparently this aircraft was single engine capable. Could have been pilot error but most likely the engine itself or one of it's accessory components failed, it happens.

Now, had both motors quit it would be highly likely the fuel had been contaminated. All fuel has water in it and any pilot worth his / her wings or ground crew will take fuel samples and will continue to drain any detected water prior to flight.

One engine is not going to fail due to fuel contamination, for there to have been enough contamination to flame out both engines, thus requiring an autorotation, would have to have been a deliberate act of sabotage ... and this would be cause for concern.

Was this helpful lol?

O.W.

[Rusty Shackelford]

Exactyly. If fuel was contaminated both would fail. Turbines are not bullet proof. Flying DC3's with 1820s on them will make you learn about god. Turbines are great but they take a shit every now and then.