The extremely tragic air accident in the Washington DC airport should be a salutary lesson for Wales. The US accident involved a military helicopter tragically crashing into a jet aircraft coming in to land, resulting in a very sad loss of life.
BBC News stated that the helicopter pilot would have relied heavily on visibly viewing everything that was around him to ensure safety.
This really makes one cringe when one imagines the future in Wales.
The Welsh Government state that they have proposals for another 5000MW of onshore wind energy across Wales, to add to the approximate 1000 wind turbines we already have [ all powering England, of course.] . Most of the current wind turbines are from 100ft to 450 feet high at very most. If we have a further 5000MW, it could entail a 1000 x 5 MW wind turbines, each a gargantuan 750 feet in height. Several hundred will be 820ft high. They will mainly be erected on scenic hills from 800 ft to 1800 ft above sea level. However, Wales is only 8015 square miles in area and the turbine blades will be up to 260 ft long!! The cumulative height of some wind turbines on 2000 ft mountains, will be 2820ft above sea level!! Pen-y-Fan in Bannau Brycheiniog is only 2910 ft high, and is the highest mountain in southern Britain ! That is measured from sea level , remember, not the land at the foot of Pen-y-Fan !!!!
So, how safe will it be for our police helicopters, mountain rescue helicopters and air ambulances to fly over Wales and land amongst these dense forests of gigantic wind turbines,some a mind-boggling 820 ft high!!!?? How else will they rescue injured walkers and mountaineers in a little country criss-crossed with public footpaths and hill tracks?? The mist descends in minutes in our hills! It can turn from summer to winter in half an hour!! How will helicopters land amongst flailing wind turbine blades……when they have flailing blades of their own?
Beware!!
Yours faithfully,
L J Jenkins,
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