79 A helicopter has just crashed right on the beach in Huntington Beach, California (twitter.com) posted 260 days ago by Greekish 260 days ago by Greekish +79 / -0 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
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.