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Helicopter Accident Evaded

This is a Turbine Enstrom Helicopter on the Heli Pad of a Greenpeace ship some where off the coast of Ireland. One of the deck straps has not been released correctly, with what was very nearly disastrous consequence. Pilot skill and quick thinking saved the day.

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iamxyj : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

iamxyj

Hidden (Show Comment) -9 votes

244 days 21 hours ago...

Guy 1: "Holy shit, wtf bro?"
Pilot: "What? Just took this bird for a spin is all"

Flynn_2006 : LVL 45: VP 5: said:

Flynn_2006

18 votes NegativePositive

244 days 20 hours ago...

let the female pilot jokes begin.

The Living End : LVL 57: VP 5: said:

The Living End

15 votes NegativePositive

244 days 16 hours ago...

^ The tail rotor is no more.

blade9z : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

blade9z

6 votes NegativePositive

244 days 14 hours ago...

If this is in a die hard movie the tail rotor blades will take that guy`s head of clean, with messy blood spills.

And nope, the pilot take off before the strap is remove, pilot error :P

MARINE255 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

MARINE255

5 votes NegativePositive

244 days 14 hours ago...

tail rotor took it hard lol, at low speeds or hovering thats such a crap situation to be in

Dweebster : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Dweebster

13 votes NegativePositive

244 days 13 hours ago...

Somebody owes that deck hand a new pair of underwear.

Alive : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

Alive

16 votes NegativePositive

244 days 6 hours ago...

i think he didnt take off intentionally but because of the heavy sea as the ship fell into the wave through.
and the fact that the tail rotor hit the ground saved their asses, otherwise he would have dived straight into the ship.

suc33d : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

suc33d

18 votes NegativePositive

244 days 5 hours ago...

Doesn`t look like there is any strap which has been left attached. With the way the helicopter banked it would have to be attached to the front of it and you can clearly see there is no strap on the floor or dangling form the helicopter, looks like it was an involuntary take off due to heavy seas, as suggested above.

ug7344 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

ug7344

0 votes NegativePositive

243 days 9 hours ago...

if it wasn`t for that net there, there would`ve been blood...

EvilPasta : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

EvilPasta

5 votes NegativePositive

243 days 9 hours ago...

its a shame nobody was hurt, greenpeace are a bunch of idiots who don`t know what is good jsut as bad as peta i think. Disagree? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(environmentalist) food for thought, dont be sheeple

chech : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

chech

1 votes NegativePositive

243 days 7 hours ago...

Doing a little research shows this is not the only accident this helicopter has suffered. Check out, http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/october_2007/enstrom_480b__n4
80kp.cfm

mrwhiteba : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

mrwhiteba

1 votes NegativePositive

243 days 4 hours ago...

lol green peace using helicopters and ships that burn carbon based fuels!

me thinks their remit is to make money from suckers not to protect the enviroment as they claim.

ahent : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

ahent

-1 votes NegativePositive

243 days 3 hours ago...

Since this is greenpeace, shouldn`t that be a pedal car or something?

jarcaf : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

jarcaf

4 votes NegativePositive

243 days 3 hours ago...

I used to be a greenpeace supporter... until i realized they were spewing bullshit about nuclear power. Now I just see them as a bunch of fear-mongering idiots (maybe just misinformed if I`m feeling generous).

Nuclear power is the future of clean, efficient energy and the only way to put an incentive on decommissioning nuclear weapons("There`s fuel in them thur bombs!"). Yes, the waste is toxic... but at least it`s compact, easily detectable, and securely contained. No, we don`t REALLY have a place to put it all yet... but that`s because the assholes keep writing up litigation to stall approvals and make the problem even worse! At least we`re not dumping waste into our water and atmosphere.

I`m all about wind and solar but ask a greenpeace rep about how they can keep a full-time baseline energy supply and they`ll say clean coal... yeah right. So you don`t mind strip mining for coal? Where are you gonna store those captured emissions? You know those are radioactive and highly toxic too...

Sorry... I`m a liberal but I have a vendetta against anti-nuclear organizations these days. What were we talking about? Women helicopter pilots? Oh right... yeah it looks like the boat is dipping hard when the chopper lifts off so it was probably an accident. lucky guy right there. This is too long and off topic... feel free to vote me down.

kintekobo : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

kintekobo

2 votes NegativePositive

242 days 22 hours ago...

^Nah, ramble away. Sometimes you just gotta get it off your chest.

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