79 A helicopter has just crashed right on the beach in Huntington Beach, California (twitter.com) posted 256 days ago by Greekish 256 days ago by Greekish +79 / -0 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
His tail rotor failed so the helicopter started spinning counter to the rotors.
Lucky they were so close to the ground.
That looked like it might have been survivable.
You're brave!
Ffinding yourself in a falling, spinning aluminum box is not the passenger experience I signed up for.
Was the sudden increase in altitude due to the tail rotor failure or the pilot attempting to get higher and maybe gain control?
The video makes it appear to have been suddenly caught in a heavy wind gust but maybe that's just an illusion.
The comments are saying 5 injured, no fatalities. Credit the palm trees for softening the impact.🚁 🌴 🌴
Yep, it looked like the trees took out the blades.
ANF stopped the air frames spin..
Yep. Here it is in slo-mo:
https://files.catbox.moe/6z3ber.mp4
Great video. Thanks.
Yup, the tail rotor left the copter on the way down.
YES, it was...2 in the chopper survived and 3 on the ground.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/helicopter-crash-southern-california-beach-parking-lot-leaves-5-hospitalized-officials-say