Guy wire: Guy wire caused helicopter crash

By Therese Lisieux on October 17th, 2008



A guy-wire cable has the functional use to add stability to a tall tower. A guy wire cable may have been the cause of a helicopter crash that killed all 4 people on board.

The chopper’s rotating blades was said to have clipped the guy wire on a tower. The blades could not rotate and it lost height and crashed. The full story is here.

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