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vincentmiser
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:41 pm Post subject: Does anyone remember this crash? |
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This was apparently in 2001.
An Chinook helicopter was setting a torch sculpture on top of a Han River bridge and crashed, killing the crew of 3.
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S. Korean Helicopter Crashes Into Bridge, 3 Killed
An army helicopter installing a sculpture atop a bridge smashed into the structure and plunged into Seoul's Han River on Tuesday, killing all three soldiers on board.
The CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was installing a torch-shaped sculpture on the bridge's central tower Tuesday when its rotors hit the sculpture and the tower.
The helicopter snapped in two. One half fell onto the bridge span and burst into flames, while the other half fell into the river. |
http://english.people.com.cn/english/200105/30/eng20010530_71388.html
The video is quite famous...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3GOS-1LTg&feature=related |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| I guess they built a new sculpture and managed to get it up there, because I saw it in Seoul a few weeks ago. That was a horrendous oops kind of mistake when the rotor hit the sculpture. |
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dumpring
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| I don't remember it, guess it was too close to 9/11 to get much coverage. Pretty retarded though, good thing they closed the bridge first. |
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kimdeal54
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| dumpring wrote: |
| I don't remember it, guess it was too close to 9/11 to get much coverage. |
???
It happened in May. |
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tomwaits
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Wow what a rush of deja vu for me...
I originally arrived in Korea the day before that happened. No shite. |
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vincentmiser
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| dumpring wrote: |
| I don't remember it, guess it was too close to 9/11 to get much coverage. Pretty retarded though, good thing they closed the bridge first. |
What was retarded?? That the heli got caught in the cables?
There are more retarded people on Korean roads. These people drive like animals.
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Wow what a rush of deja vu for me...
I originally arrived in Korea the day before that happened. No shite. |
WOW!!!  
I have a similar story: A friend of mine from UK was visiting NY for 2 months for a ballet summer school and left the day before 9/11. Lucky |
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