An investigation by the Aviation Safety Council has identified three contributing factors to the helicopter crash last year that took the life of a well-known filmmaker.
Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-31
The celebrated documentary filmmaker Chi Po-lin was killed in a helicopter crash in June
Documentary filmmaker Chi Po-lin appears in this file photo.
2017. At the time of the crash, Chi was working on a sequel to his acclaimed film Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above. The pilot and another passenger were also killed in the accident.
After an investigation that has lasted more than a year, the Aviation Safety Council has found that the helicopter was flying too low at the time of the crash.
Surviving footage indicates that there may have already been a problem 31 seconds before the crash. At this point, the helicopter was just 500 feet above the ground, giving the pilot little time to recover from the drop.
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