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Old 21st Aug 2007, 21:36
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Tiger_mate
 
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Massive image to be found at:
http://www.southpolestation.com/triv...ashedhelo1.jpg

...the craft was too heavily loaded. Suddenly it was in a downdraft on the northwest side of the mountain; the engine could not pull up, and the helicopter crash-landed.

It landed upright, and some time later the airframe was blown over.
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