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From the BBC website.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15848886


How the guy with the hard hat didn't get a mouth full of blade I don't know

Wow, extremely lucky that where he was hovering was relatively low, and the body of the helicopter did not fall far. I'm sure everyone made a mess of their pants however!

Another example of "never use a helicopter when a crane will do". 

[quote]Another example of "never use a helicopter when a crane will do".

I wonder what made the tail boom snap off like it did? It does'nt appear like it struck anything. You see the main rotors hit the guy wires, but the boom is in the clear, and just snaps off. :-?

I wonder what made the tail boom snap off like it did? It does'nt appear like it struck anything. You see the main rotors hit the guy wires, but the boom is in the clear, and just snaps off. :-?

My guess is the sudden jolt (didn't look like much from a distance, but I would bet it was pretty hard) snapped the bolts holding the tail to the fuselage.  It seems pretty common in helicopter crashed for the tail to come off.  Helicopters are not built to sustain high G forces, so any large impact can cause substantial structural failure.

I wonder what made the tail boom snap off like it did? It does'nt appear like it struck anything. You see the main rotors hit the guy wires, but the boom is in the clear, and just snaps off. :-?

My guess is the sudden jolt (didn't look like much from a distance, but I would bet it was pretty hard) snapped the bolts holding the tail to the fuselage.

Cant belive no one was seriously hurt !

I remember seeing this on the news

Helicopter trying to do a crane's job