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Leaping elk crashes low-flying research helicopter

Aggiunto 3 anni fa

An elk leaped into the tail rotor of a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday. (kutv.com) Altro...

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RadBaron 3 anni fa 7

"Kieffer says they will review the incident and make any changes necessary in order to prevent it from happening again."

Like making sure the elk is really sedated and not faking it... (also, not landing next to any elk)

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Torsten Hoff 3 anni fa 9

More like Elk: 0 / Helo: 0. The poor elk didn’t survive the encounter.

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AAaviator 3 anni fa 4

That’s what happens when you play in their yard.

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Greg Showell 3 anni fa 4

I bet the first few minutes on the phone with the insurance company were interesting. "An elk hit your helicopter? How the hell did that happen?"

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Jim Nasby 3 anni fa 1

FA needs a laughter thumbs up ð

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Donald La Monica 3 anni fa 4

And we were worried about drones...

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Harry Hallstrom 3 anni fa 3

Sounds like a total blotched job by everyone involved. Go back and relearn your skill set.

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dawn baker 3 anni fa 1

i did not know that there were kamikaze elk yet lurking around here...next time keep them away from your tech toys...

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Saskia Priscilla Oberholzer 3 anni fa 1

But what the heck: If the Elk took the helicopter down, then the helicoter wasn't at such a big altitude...

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Saskia Priscilla Oberholzer 3 anni fa 1

Great that the crew survived the encounter. The elk and the helicopter are considered victims.

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Gage Anderson 3 anni fa 0

A quick way to make ground elk.

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WD Rseven 3 anni fa 0

Anyone else does this and they get charged with animal harassment.

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