Originally Posted by
albatross
I remember the commentator's remark: “Ooh, bit of a hard landing there!”
Only the controllers in the tower at the time actually witnessed it; the rest of us crammed into our tiny rest room to watch every time it was repeated!
As I recall, a piece of propellor blade became embedded in the canopy of a helicopter in static.
Next day, the ELT was triggered (by persons unknown) and it took us a hell of a search to stop it meanwhile, the work crew worked well into the night to restore the runway surface.