Although Apple has been promoting its iPad line, available since 2010, for years as a complete replacement for traditional computers, it doesn’t seem like millions of individuals and businesses will switch to tablets.
In contrast, the device has already found its raison d’être in other places, among the most exciting of which is on the helicopter deck: here, pilots mainly use the Apple tablet to replace paper documents and for flight planning.
the Camel However, according to his report, in July 2022, exactly one year ago, a Boeing CH-47D helicopter that was flying along the Salmon River in Idaho crashed because of an iPad. Rescue units that arrived at the scene managed to extract the 41-year-old pilot and 36-year-old co-pilot from the wreckage, but both died in hospital.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is investigating the crash, has not since issued an official statement, but Vertical mag magazine called In another document, it was discovered that the culprit was a dropped iPad that had been placed under the copilot’s pedal adjustment lever, preventing the left pitch control pedals from re-centering.
This forced the aircraft to rotate counterclockwise, so the pilots had no chance to stabilize the helicopter. NTSB specialists deduced all this from the nature of the apparent abnormalities on the iPad, because there is no other explanation why the plane, which was flying perfectly and in excellent technical condition, suddenly crashed into the river.
