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Police helicopter spins out of control then crash lands into a river during a rescue exercise.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...597#post132595
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...145#post134508
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...944#post129552
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...797#post129117
Nobody died in this exercise. Even the officer who fell into the river wasn't hit by the blades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5_kr3cRN64
It looks like the helicopter got caught in its own downdraft, also know as vortex ring state. That's been the cause of most of the Osprey crashes. Had it developed engine trouble it would not have been able to rise from the river.
The crewman was preparing to rappel down the rope for the rescue. Hard to tell if he jumped, or was thrown off.