Helicopter crashes, very lucky pilot

While erecting a seven story high structure, the helicopter's rotor struck a cable causing the aircraft to crash to the ground. The Pilot was helped from the crumpled wreckage with minor injuries. Both of the Panasonic P2HD camera's were recording at the same time.

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+37 1. imagic commented 12 years ago

gladly it happened only a few meters from the ground. damn that went down quickly
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+43 2. loadrunner commented 12 years ago

Peeps running to a chopper, broken blades and engine still running :O . No hesitating just saving the guy.
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+6 3. badasspuppy commented 12 years ago

hearing that engine scream I was expecting an explosion
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+9 4. Geekster (admin) commented 12 years ago

#3 That's the sound from the air turbine :) If you look closely, the pilot wasn't dumb and was aware of the hanging cable, but somehow the propeller sucked the cable and boom ! Interesting... I've seen a lot of helicopter crashes and I've noticed the tail of it breaks first in the impact... Shouldn't those be much more resistant ?
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+3 5. cameramaster commented 12 years ago

That's what I call a close escape...and I'm glad nobody was badly hurt....but honestly.... shouldn't the pilot have been paying just a LITTLE more attention to where he was ?
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+31 6. air commented 12 years ago

#4 Propeller did not suck the cable, the dumb worker below 0:34 jumped and pulled it down causing the cable to hit blades...
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+6 7. stargatefan commented 12 years ago

#6 indeed. i wonder how he described his exact actions prior to the cable getting in the disk.
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+3 8. Burimi commented 12 years ago

That was scary 0:34 - 0:42 :(
Thank God nobody hurts!
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-1 9. grator commented 12 years ago

Lucky guy! If the turbine catched fire... :S
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+2 10. majais commented 12 years ago

:O Wow! I love the noise when it hits the cable... wish more accidents would end up with minor injuries...
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-8 11. JesperA86 commented 12 years ago

#4 Its pretty unlikely that the sound comes from an air turbine since helicopters doesnt have any. The whining sound is most likely from a broken gearbox, broken driveshaft or a destroyed belt or something.
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+4 12. Cyrille commented 12 years ago

#11 Are you sure there is no turbine in helicopters ?
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+4 13. Premtm commented 12 years ago

#6 very good observation... :)
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0 14. heyhey commented 12 years ago

after fixing the structure, they should unattached cables...
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+5 15. Break-a-leg commented 12 years ago

Guess he couldn't handle the erection... >:)


Anyway, #11, there are a few ways to drive a helicopter. One is via a piston engine, most commonly seen in small craft and traininghelicopters. The second is via (ram)jets on the tip of the blades e.g. the Hiller YH-32 Hornet.
The most common and most powerful engines are turbine engines. The Bell Jetranger, The Chinook, the Mil 26, the Skycrane, you name it and it probably has a turbine engine :)
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+2 16. mydixiewrecked commented 12 years ago

so could someone explain to me why the helicopter was needed to erect the structure? Wouldnt it have been wiser to use a small crane or something like that?
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+1 17. LaoMa commented 12 years ago

#15: Indeed. Piston engines are pretty much obsolete these days. At least in aviation.
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+2 18. Geekster (admin) commented 12 years ago

#11 That is the turbine, and that helicopter has an air turbine, almost every helicopter has one.
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+2 19. LOSTPORK commented 12 years ago

Ahhh HD Accidents
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+1 20. drunkmonk commented 12 years ago

:D Love the title
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+2 21. cretia commented 12 years ago

underpants sale went up dramatically at local store that day
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+1 22. snotraddict commented 12 years ago

1:40 He almost went down twice on one day!
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0 23. lokenwow commented 12 years ago

#4 the tail is designed that way to reduce injury to the pilot and passengers. The cab is the part that is reinforced to protect. Everything else needs to get out of the way to reduce the chance of it still being active after a crash.
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0 24. wongraven commented 12 years ago

This will sure wake you up in the morning
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0 25. CorpseGrinder commented 12 years ago

that sound when the blades hit the cable comes straight out of hell :O
and holy crap, at the second angle I realized that the dude was almost thrown right out of the cockpit...
really glad that he is ok
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-2 26. herrkaleun commented 12 years ago

guys, wake up, this is a viral video
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0 27. sux2bu commented 12 years ago

#18 geek , I do not know where you came up with 'air turbine' but most helos use a turboshaft jet engine to power their rotors , and that is a GAS turbine.Instead of making thrust,the gas turbine powers a shaft which transfers power to the rotors. (i)
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0 28. ruhk commented 12 years ago

Who gives a shit about the chopper, that slow-mo camera work is bad to the bone!
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0 29. cyberdevil commented 12 years ago

Bad pilot? Bad architect?