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Old 18th Jun 2008, 05:50
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Just come to my attention:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23883550-2,00.html

(with the inevitable "death spiral)
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Wish I knew what a death spiral was??!

Anyway, no one died apart from the machine.
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Glad everyone is ok..

Hardly a death spiral if everyone survived....
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lucky this time, anyone know what type you can survive a 'death spiral' in? This I wana know!


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Death spiral recovery should be made part of the training sylibus.

Hope all involved are well and recover quickly.
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Does anyone know which chopper it was? Looks like RYW?
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Ah the news media. Gives so much respect to the opinions of the uninformed
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Wish I knew what a death spiral was??!
I give you the 'Death Spiral'!



I kid you not...
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Old 18th Jun 2008, 23:52
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here's the correct link on the death spiral Howie
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Does anyone know which chopper it was? Looks like RYW?
Yes. Rego was clearly visible in the Ch7 news footage last night.
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