R44 down in Brasil
Joined: Mar 2002
Aviation Qualifications: CPL
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From: near an aeroplane
From another source (in Dutch):
The helicopter was carrying the bride to a wedding ceremony. Several people were lightly injured, the bride was unharmed. The airframe burned but the wedding ceremony continued. The tailrotor may have hit the building in the background.
The helicopter was carrying the bride to a wedding ceremony. Several people were lightly injured, the bride was unharmed. The airframe burned but the wedding ceremony continued. The tailrotor may have hit the building in the background.
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From: Top of the World
Damn lucky, very damn lucky
Is it my seat, or my butt, or is it my tail I fly in on an approach over obstacles....don't matter as I'm meant Bullet proof, I thinks. 
If that approach was any slower he'd be flying out backwards 
Sad standard of Airmanship, just sad
If that approach was any slower he'd be flying out backwards Sad standard of Airmanship, just sad
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From: South East Asia
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From: earth
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Top of the World
SWAT
if it was a wire, was a recce airborne or on ground completed to assess these risks? Hey gulliBell.....exactly, another successful removal of a Crapinson! Best thing was no serious injuries or deaths. 10/10 to the pilot on that one
G'day r22butters......thanks for that, but I will stick to a Normal approach flying the tail in over the trees, with a thorough SWAT recce done before committing to final
) AND another robbo bites the dust 
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From: THE MANGROVE SWAMPS (RETIRED)
I wonder if the pilot was supposed to have been a ‘professional’? If so he really shouldn’t be if he can’t fly a safe approach into such a large area. It’s obviously just total luck that nobody was seriously injured or killed.
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From: earth