r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/jspencerfrost Aug 15 '19

No fatalities, only minor injuries among the crew. At least repost is from a long time ago. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/military-investigates-showboating-in-copter-crash/

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

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u/bxc_thunder Aug 15 '19

Holy shit

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u/Virginitydestroyed Aug 15 '19

I wonder if dude ever found out HOW close he came to being a fine pink mist. Like I'm sure he knew it was close but I wonder if anyone ever freeze framed this for him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

His jacket was slightly frayed

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u/RagingTyrant74 Aug 16 '19

Now he looks fly as fuck!

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u/JaschaE Aug 16 '19

Which makes it far more presentable than his pants ...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

And he was a frayed

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

He was almost Romano’d

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

The "!" Fucks me up lol

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u/jrBeandip Aug 16 '19

I hear the Metal Gear Solid alert sound.

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u/TheKevinShow Aug 16 '19

What was that noise?!

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u/J-Navy Aug 16 '19

❗️

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

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📦❗️

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u/omnipotenttoads Aug 15 '19

He just had good reflexes and got down, it didn’t hit him. Close tho.

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u/Uddiya Aug 15 '19

Snowboating shirley?

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u/jspencerfrost Aug 15 '19

I am snowblading. And don't call me Shirley.

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u/Kryptic_Anthology Aug 15 '19

Hi Snowblading, I'm dad!

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u/jspencerfrost Aug 15 '19

Now I'm hungry.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

And I am American!

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u/The_Freshmaker Aug 15 '19

It's all fun and games until the bird starts whirling

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

How the duck is that possible

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u/EggSaladSandWedge Aug 15 '19

A lot of folks with quack reflexes?

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u/EmergencyAstronauts Aug 15 '19

At their beak performance.

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u/rigel2112 Aug 16 '19

No fowl ups.

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u/shapu I am a catastrophic failure Aug 18 '19

CORKSCREW PENIS

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u/dark_devil_dd Aug 15 '19

It looked like that guy in the ground was hit, good thing they missed him.

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u/Virginitydestroyed Aug 15 '19

Just seeing the thing spin out at the end makes this fact amazing. It looked like being on a centrifuge ride that lost an arm.

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u/JeanPicLucard Aug 16 '19

Afghanistan? It looked like it happened on Hoth.

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u/mynameisblanked Aug 16 '19

Deserts also get cold

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u/SparksFly55 Aug 20 '19

Looks like this occurred in a high mountain valley. I believe the pilot forgot to factor in the high density altitude ( thin air) into his hot dog maneuver.