Norwegian helicopter Induces a Rock Fall beside a Fjord

A helicopter smacks down a rock off a cliff face to eliminate a rock fall hazard for the road below. The helicopter then displays its dominance of the Fjord by urinating all over the rock face. This is done to loosen and remove any remaining small rocks that may fail at another time and cream a volvo or saab on the road below.

The scaling occurred at Oppdølstranda on Nordmøre, Norway. Thanks to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for making this great video and sending it to me!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• rock fall
• avalanche
• helicopter
• norway
• fjord
• landslide

[bashtxus]

Nice Fake.

[NapalmNewt]

Norway road agency aren't known for faking footage of their infrastructure work...

[MakeNine42]

Norway is a great place

[gabrielcenteno100]

very cool

[DAILEYericCaryUSA]

Seems like better if they call the Navy to fire some ship guns at the cliff. The videography is gorgeous.

[karadan100]

I like this video. Thank you for posting it.

[jorasave]

@DuckyD22 oh thats why thank you

[gnamp]

@DuckyD22 Do you honestly think that being in greater danger makes everything else which carries risk any less dangerous? Flying around in helecopters is an inherently less safe activity than being on safe ground. Attempting to smash a cliff-face with a huge metal swing-ball or flying over areas where the inhabitants are trying to shoot you down is less safe still. Danger money is paid for a reason. Have you never seen a helecopter getting into difficulties?

[DuckyD22]

@atolon123

with a rocket! lol

[DuckyD22]

@jorasave

to stop the rock falling onto a car (like they make avalanches in the mountains so they don't have Dangerous avalanches while people are there)

[DuckyD22]

@gnamp

Yes!

There will be drills and procedures for this to be done, there will be all sorts of risk assessments done on weather its safe to get the heli in there, all sort of what happens if... etc

Is it safe to carry a 1000Lt tank of fuel under a chinook in 50 degree heat over hostile territory?

ask me again if i think its safe to swing a ball at a rock...... or do you get how i'm justifying this yet?

[gnamp]

@DuckyD22 ...and I regularly encounter rocks that use gravity. Do you honestly think this is a completely safe activity?

[DuckyD22]

@gnamp There would be a crewman in the back of the A/C watching the ball/load to make sure it goes where it is meant to....

trust me I work with helicopters that use these systems