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Old 11-22-11, 11:24 PM   #1
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Default Helicopter down

One of those "What the hell was he thinking things."

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ee-in-auckland

Glad no one was hurt though.
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Old 11-23-11, 03:09 AM   #2
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Very lucky (taken in context)
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Old 11-23-11, 06:03 AM   #3
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Video shows how lucky he was: http://media.smh.com.au/news/world-n...h-2790976.html

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Old 11-23-11, 06:15 AM   #4
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Vid is also at the bottom of the original link. Wow, if you're going to crash a helecopter that's the way to do it! Hope nobody got hurt from the debris - quite a lot of people nearby.
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Vid is also at the bottom of the original link. Wow, if you're going to crash a helecopter that's the way to do it! Hope nobody got hurt from the debris - quite a lot of people nearby.
True but the slow motion in the one I linked to show how much he was thrown about in the cockpit a little clearer than the OP.
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Old 11-23-11, 06:23 AM   #6
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True but the slow motion in the one I linked to show how much he was thrown about in the cockpit a little clearer than the OP.
Had problems watching that one, I'll try again in work later.
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