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Old 29th Dec 2011, 15:35
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Dollar to a Dog Dropping...and you can hold the stakes in your mouth.....the Rigger thought the cable had hung up after being released and he was just going to pull the thing off the hook.

He probably never tweaked to the ramifications of his actions....that being the pulling the once slack line taut (and still hooked firmly to the cargo hook) and into the rotor blades.

The rest as they say....is history!

No one got hurt....some great video was had....and PPrune got a great thread for our enjoyment....tis an ill wind that blows no good!
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