Posted on October 30th, 2009 in Dust Control by Bob Vitale
On Monday, a helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan killing 10 Americans and injuring 26 others. Thick dust that stirred up at takeoff inhibited the visibility of the crew, causing them to strike a tall structure in the area and crash.
Almost as recently, an article published in Special Operations Technology magazine discussed this subject and identified much progress that has been achieved. Now is the best time for parties within ERDC, the dust control industry, and manufacturers of helicopters and maintenance retrofitting of helicopters to develop the solution to eliminate the dangers of dust clouds. We have what is needed as a result of the work of ERDC and I am sure that we can come up with an effective and practical method of deploying what we have in tactical situations when needed. ERDC would seem to be the natural leader and coordinator for such development work.
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