Helicopter crash, four dead on the ground...

[Aztec Driver]

There was a serious aviation accident at my home today. A helicopter lost control and crash into spectators on the ground. Four were killed and two others seriously injured. Miraculously, the pilot is still alive. The groundskeeper, however, is threatening bodily harm to the pilot for this unconcionable act. He was attempting to showcase his abilities to those around him, and put the helicopter into an unrecoverable attitude. The rotors actually decapitated two of the bodies, and split the other two exactly in half.

Amazingly, the helicopter managed to come away unscathed, too, although if the groundskeeper gets ahold of it, it may end up being smashed.

These remote control aircraft aren't the best things to fly indoors where your wife is starting all of the garden plants before she plants them outdoors.

 

[ebacon]

Flymo

 

[flygirl34q]

May the victims RIP. Hopefully, the pilot will be forgiven by the groundskeeper in due time.

 

[Laurie]

Good one. I've had three remote control helicopters, all given to me as gifts. I think the persons giving them to me assumed that of course I would be able to fly it. The first two have received substantial damage (no serious injury or fatalities, though a close call once when I buzzed Codi's birdcage) and the third is still in pristine condition, in the box, which has never been opened since it was given to me 4 years ago. It's a helluva lot harder to fly those models than the real deal.

 

[snowbird]

Did you file a flight plan?

 

[JesseD]

Did you file a flight plan?

The AMA is going to pull his ticket! If not it should, for not respecting AGL and crowd clearance requirements.

 

[Steve Foley]

Did you file a flight plan?

It seems that the traffic in the area did not advise.

 

[Everskyward]

Are there going to be lawsuits?

 

[Paul Allen]

Did you file a flight plan?

Doubtful! That's why he crashed.

 

[airbornejohnny]

I donno, maybe ATC was asleep at the screen again. ITS THEIR FAULT!