TV Helocopter Crashes (video)

by **Ryan** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:36 pm

Appears everyone survived.. and this news helo just happened to be in the area when the helo went down.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/video/wabc_050404_chopper_video2.html

by **Agent 37** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:41 pm

Wow! Thats crazy did this just happen? I live in NJ and I don't think I heard about this yet!

by **Ryan** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:42 pm

The Story

It happened around 6pm, according to that link.

by **Agent 37** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:47 pm

Wow that is crazy. Thank god no one died! it happened at 6:20. Good catch with that one man. Now I know what will be on NBC tomarrow since I watch it every morning. Good post

by **Pierce** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:02 pm

Yeah, that looked bad. I'm surprised but happy that those people survived. Looks like me when I first tryed the Mi-8.

by **Bagginses** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:04 pm

I know they're two different stations, but I love how the video clip says all three were injuried and remain in serious condition, while the other report says two walked away from the crash while the third was "trapped for a few minutes." Ahhh, local news...

-Bagginses

by **RCinator** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:31 pm

It looks like a game of DC . . .

by **Tommy Boy** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:37 pm

looks like Tommy trying to fly anything.

by **Optimus_Prime** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:59 pm

The chopper had been covering a shooting in Brooklyn for WNBC-TV on Tuesday when it clipped a four-story building, broke apart and crash landed on the roof of a two-story dwelling.

Im wondering why he felt the necessity to be so low in that area? He prolly didnt pay attention clearly to all the different level buildings in the area and as he turned the tail rotor to move he hit the 4-story building which spun his ass outta control...This might be a blame towards the pilot for flying at a extreme low-altitude..but hope they get better...I have many Helo Crash stories, even from my dad..

by **SavageParrot** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:19 pm

I like the guy at the end hanging around the chopper, I think he was trying to nick the stereo.

by **Rand0m** » Thu May 06, 2004 6:50 pm

Originally posted by Optimus_Prime
Im wondering why he felt the necessity to be so low in that area? He prolly didnt pay attention clearly to all the different level buildings in the area and as he turned the tail rotor to move he hit the 4-story building which spun his ass outta control...This might be a blame towards the pilot for flying at a extreme low-altitude..but hope they get better...I have many Helo Crash stories, even from my dad..

If you see the whole video and watched the news he was at a much higher altitude where the law permits. From take off he reported back that he was having problems, later going into a tail spin. Find the whole video and watch. I think he's a damn good pilot and probably saved everyones life in the helo. It looks bad but he was actually in a worse spin earlier.

by **Fat Bastard** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:05 pm

Guess he had to much to drink ?

by **NGame** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:22 pm

FlatBush, oh I wonder what was gonna down in Brooklyn at the time of the crash.

by **ToeJam** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:40 pm

That happened about two miles from me and where my brother's fire company is located, Engine 281. It is a good thing they all walked away uninjured.

But to land in Flatbush, and walk away from the crash, doesn't guarantee that you're completely 'safe'. LOL

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