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12-10-2009, 12:21 PM
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How NOT to land a Chinook

I don't know if anyone was injured or killed but this is horrific.

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12-10-2009, 01:27 PM
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Re: How NOT to land a Chinook

Oh dear! I hope they were alright.

We have chinnooks flying low over us, the whole house shakes and its scary, we have very tall chimneys and we always worry they will clip them.
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12-10-2009, 02:25 PM
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Denis, that looks really bad, let's hope they got the crew and passengers out before it went down. what seems strange to me is that the pilot had lifted off (after judging he was in the wrong place on the deck) and was actually about four or five feet above the deck when it keeled over, that seems starnge to me but of course I know 'nowt about Chinooks, or any helicopters for that matter.
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12-10-2009, 03:05 PM
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Re: How NOT to land a Chinook

I've watched it several times Harvey, the rear left wheel gets caught on the handrail and pulls the helly over.
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Re: How NOT to land a Chinook

That looks nasty!
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Re: How NOT to land a Chinook

That doesn't look good at all.
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Re: How NOT to land a Chinook

Originally Posted by nero ->
I've watched it several times Harvey, the rear left wheel gets caught on the handrail and pulls the helly over.
Oh thanks Denis I didn't see that.

So basically he was trying to lift the entire b****y ship out of the water
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That was awful. Don't remember reading about it. Must have been horrific for the crew. Wonder if anyone survived it!
 

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