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Wild Helicopter "Rescue" of a 74-year old hiker who injured her ankle

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God damn, that would be harrowing. That can't be safe for an old person. I am far from a geriatric and I would never want to go through that.

Of course I lol'd, but still. I feel bad for her.

Veliladon said:
High school physics. Conservation of angular momentum. Why would you ever wind her back down?
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I know enough troll physics to tell you that it was to provide additional lift.
 
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Professor Beef

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sredgrin

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Dalek said:
Was there no room on the helicopter for her?
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Usually if they are lifting out like that it's because the copter can't safely land in order for them to board there, so they lift them in that contraption to a safe place, then board them.
 
shenden

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Damn, I did not expect that. I fucking hate rollercoasters and that right there looked like a ride from hell. Poor lady.
 
chuckddd

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I'd get revenge on the rescue crew by making them clean all the vomit out of the basket. That'll teach 'em.
 
Bad_Boy

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Vertically Flipping the helicopter gif is genius beyond imagination. Im officially diving headfirst into a hades hellpool for laughing as much as i did.

I really hope she is okay though.
 
big_z

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That 360 no scope.

I've seen rescues like this before, why did she spin when most don't? I'm guessing they lifted the stretcher too close to the helicopter but I'm not sure.
 
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big_z said:
That 360 no scope.

I've seen rescues like this before, why did she spin when most don't? I'm guessing they lifted the stretcher too close to the helicopter but I'm not sure.
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The rope itself was probably rolled up in a twisted state so when they finally put some tension on it it finally started to unwind.
 
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CoyoteSpitfire said:
I feel bad for laughing but I wasn't prepared for how fast she was going to go. I hope she's okay.
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Yep, same here. I started watching the video and thought that sucks, not bad. Then I got halfway and it was going what I thought was pretty darn fast so I assumed that was it and didn't watch the rest. Then I saw your post and I thought, come one, it wasn't THAT fast. So I went back and watched the ending. Dear God!
 
effingvic

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I'm glad she's okay because I couldn't contain my laughter. When it starts spinning like crazy at the end I just lost it.
 
Downhome

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I'm terrified of heights so I would have been losing my mind when it barely started to spin at the beginning. I legit have no clue what would have been going through my mind by the end. If I didn't pass out I bet I'd be thinking I was now just literally the helicopter flying aimlessly through the sky.
 

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I just saw the first part earlier today, didn't think it was that bad. Watched the whole clip now. Holy shit, that speed.

And yes, I almost started crying from laughter.
 
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*Rescuers get to injured dehydrated Dennis lying on a mountain trail*

Rescuer: "We got you, man!"

Dennis: "...no....airlift.....just...get....me.....an....Uber..."
 
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Aurongel said:
The rope itself was probably rolled up in a twisted state so when they finally put some tension on it it finally started to unwind.
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It was caused by the air turbulence. The CNN vid had the firefighters say they are trained how to stop it as it does happen like 1/100 times, this was just a abnormally severe situation. It can happen in areas of severe wind or in canyons. And I find it funny all the armchair physicists in this thread lol. The copter itself wasn't spinning so it wasn't caused by the fact the blades were spinning, it was solely the air turbulence.
 
Dan Thunder

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Poor woman but yeah, I did laugh a lot. Probably more than I should have as the theme from Airwolf was going around my head during the whole clip!
 
Amathene

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Oh god. The last 10 secs where they just accepted they couldn't stop the spinning and just starting flying away is what really did it for me
 
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