davehueglin

That was exactly the problem I had. Also I was a bit worried that if I hung around too long someone else would spot me and KOS.

I have only ever come across 1 heli crash before on the server this happened on (CA2 Toronto). It's just a vanilla server with nothing extra added, as far as I can tell. So yes, I think it was lucky and unusual, unless it's something that has come about as a result of v 1.7.5.1

I had been playing Dayz on and off over the course of the day. I play lone wolf style and had left my base camp and was doing a walk about up north, through the hills, looking for camps/vehicles. It had been quite uneventful, as I had not even seen a single animal. The one deer stand I stopped at had an M14 AIM, but I was already carrying a DMR and MP5SD6, so I didn't pick it up. I just took the 2 DMR mags. Towards dusk, I was approaching the fields just SW of Petrovka when I spotted some smoke and a bit of flame. Ok, I thought, helicopter crash site. Not wanting to rush right in, I started to do a circle around the site to check it out. That's when I spotted another trail of smoke about 300m away. A second helicopter in flames! So I began to flank that crash, and within seconds spotted a third plume of smoke. I eventually found there were five helicopters crashed, all within 1km of each other. It was a beautiful sight, watching all of those burning helicopters, as the sun set and they glowed in the dark. Too many riches all at once, as I did not have enough space to get everything that was dropped. I did get some things I needed. Not sure how common this is, but it was certainly an event for me.