That's why the Apache helicopter has wire cutters in the front. Not a set of wire cutters in the cockpit, but a Wire Strike Protection System (a name trademarked by Magellan Aerospace).

Army widow sues Boeing for husband’s death in ‘uncrashworthy’ Apache helicopter disaster - Exclusive: Two years after 32-year-old Warrant Officer Stewart Duane Wayment was killed during a ...

That's why the Apache helicopter has wire cutters in the front. Not a set of wire cutters in the cockpit, but a Wire Strike Protection System (a name trademarked by Magellan Aerospace).

The widow of a U.S. Army aviator who died when his AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed on a training mission claims her husband would still be alive if Boeing had simply been honest about the ...