helicopter accident sea king

This video is from the destroyer USS Cushing (DD-985), on station in the Northern Arabian Gulf during the summer of 2002. It seems that all seven passengers onboard were recovered. Note how the tail rotor seems to seize or stop during the approach, causing the body of the helicopter to rotate out of control.

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[zdon25]

THis was on the USS Cushing DD 985. I served on this ship. Everyone survived, just a few bumps and bruises.

[gills8752]

Ah good, another expert.

He lost his tail rotor, jackass.

[cfroemming17]

@megaplanefan ummm....Marine one is a Sea King..

[NInTouch]

lucky to survive, hate be be the one to tell the captain

[ifoundsasquatch1]

Thats a routine landing for Sea King pilots :)

[perryinjax]

@NinjaNO2 That is hilarious.. You should write comedy for a living.. still laughing.

[alectronicmail]

thats a bad day at work

[Steveman27]

they should design helicopters to be safer than that, especially by now after all these years.

[jacobsmith1995]

@zdon25 My dad was actually on that ship when it happened, glad everyone survived.

[baker187]

Thats why you dont drink and fly

[megaplanefan]

Looks like a sea king, it cant be a US carrier.

[Timbojones0123]

i bet his words before the crash was "now nice and steady oh ohhh ohhhhhhhh come on baby, BOOOOOOOOOOM.............ah fuck"