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Old 3rd Feb 2003, 09:16
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Angry FHM Magazine - Accident Investigators

From the March 2003 FHM:

Helicopter Lands in Home

Where: Cardiff
When: April 2000
Speed at point of carnage: 80 mph(ish)
The story: With both eyes locked on a joyrider roaring down the M4, the Welsh constabulary cleverly guided their prized £2.5m Dyfed-Powys Police chopper straight through the eaves of a Cardiff semi-detached house. The RAF managed to successfully remove it using a massive Chinook helicopter, but Mr Patterson - the house owner - suffered post traumatic stress syndrome and was unable to return to work. The poor sod.
Compared to the actual AAIB report:
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/bulletin/jan01/gsaew.htm

Well, FHM got the date right, I guess that's a start.

If I was the pilot, I think I'd be on to my lawyers.
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