Helicopter Incident at Cleveland Race (interesting pic)

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26th Jun 2005, 14:55

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Helicopter Incident at Cleveland Race

CLEVELAND (AP) - A helicopter crashed on an airport runway only a few hundred yards from thousands of racing fans attending the Grand Prix of Cleveland on Saturday.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...0605helicopter

27th Jun 2005, 08:17

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27th Jun 2005, 11:36

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Crash?! What crash? Stayed the right way up didn't it?

Some fine sensationalist reporting there....

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...The helicopter's back rotator blade was broken off...

First time I've heard it called that.

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Was this a Heli Inc aircraft?

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As it's stayed upright, is it more likely to have been an autorotation?
I'm guessing that if it was powering in, and then snapped the tail off while flaring into the ground, then it would more likely have ended up on it's side.