These people are very lucky no one was hurt, one of them pulled the cable into the rotors. Wow, first time i've seen that, I almost fell off my chair when the cable snagged
These people are very lucky no one was hurt, one of them pulled the cable into the rotors. Wow, first time i've seen that, I almost fell off my chair when the cable snagged
Last edited by mw0uzo; 08-23-2013 at 10:11 AM.
Wow... Saw footage of a similar thing when a rotor struck the ground... Nasty and scary as fuck.
Looks like they thew a blade. Why was he coming in so close to the cable ? Or, did they not see it ? in which case it should have been properly spotted. I saw a video of a medevac helicopter taking off from a road. On one side of the road there was an open field on the other side a row of power poles. So they do a straight vertical takeoff and in the process shift too far to the powerline side clip a powerline which damages the rotor and puts the whole ship into a wobble. Luckily they managed to set it down right away in the field right next to the road with little damage and no injury.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Reminds me of the Chernobyl footage - they were much higher up at the time, unfortunately didn't have similar results...
Jim
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Dayum.
...didn't those guys ever see the end of Die Hard With A Vengance?...
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That's called a hostile work environment!!
Wonder how the guy who jumped up and grabbed the cable feels....
I watched it about 5 times to see the details. It looks like the guy from inside the helicopter pulled the cable tighter, towards the chopper and that put the cable it the rotors. The cable moved fast before it was out of the way then all of a sudden it was in the way. Does anyone agree.
**** I’m WRONG, bastid. Maybe if I waited till the end of the video to make a comment.....:hittingself:
Last edited by Bubba; 08-23-2013 at 07:51 PM.
Sorry, it took 10 times i guess for me to see that someone on the ground jumped up and grabbed the cable. That makes more sense anyway. That dude cost a lot of money for a dumb mistake.
Yeah, it looked like the guy on the ground gave it a yank at the wrong time. I have to wonder why the pilot didn't just pull the release and drop the cable prior to landing, if that's what he was trying to do. If not, I'm not sure what the hell they were trying to do at that point. In any case, the pilot was one lucky SOB, and the chopper, well that 'aint going to buff out.Originally Posted by Bubba
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RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
And nearly got a few people killed. What I still don;t get is, what exactly they were trying to do.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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