• BREAKING: News holicopter crashed near Space Needle in Seattle
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[url]http://www.wvec.com/news/250790561.html[/url] [quote]A news helicopter crashed on top of a car at Seattle Center Tuesday morning and caught fire. KOMO-TV confirmed that it is their helicopter. The helicopter was being used in a joint partnership between KOMO and KING 5. We have no official word on injuries. We will update this developing story.[/quote] [img]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1911922_10152282744018630_1605569464_n.jpg[/img] UPDATE: Two dead and one in serious condition
[QUOTE]We have no official word on injuries.[/QUOTE] [IMG]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1911922_10152282744018630_1605569464_n.jpg[/IMG] In Combination doesn't give me much optimism. I hope someone has survived, somehow.
Smoke cloud from the accident [img]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/1920152_10152282734613630_1461388322_n.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=KennyAwsum;44276840][IMG]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1911922_10152282744018630_1605569464_n.jpg[/IMG] In Combination doesn't give me much optimism. I hope someone has survived, somehow.[/QUOTE] I was thinking the same, but they did say it 'caught fire' not, y'know, 'exploded' so this picture could have been taken like 10 minutes post crash.
That makes it even worse. How many people were in the chopper at the time? (Or is there no details yet?)
Still no details yet on my source. But pictures keep popping up. [img]https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/safe_image.php?d=AQB4k4EuD9VwVlPa&w=398&h=208&url=http%3A%2F%2Flocaltvwtkr.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F03%2Fcrash11.jpg&cfs=1[/img]
That would be scary to be in that helicoptor. I read the title wrong and thought it crashed into the space needle.
And now we've got video [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfiAPc2b1qw[/url]
[QUOTE=brianosaur;44276904]That would be scary to be in that helicoptor. I read the title wrong and thought it crashed into the space needle.[/QUOTE] You know, i cannot imagine how terrifying that would be for everyone inside.
Christ, 'copters seem to be falling out of the sky these days.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;44276918]And now we've got video [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfiAPc2b1qw[/url][/QUOTE] Yeah, that defintely looks like no survivors. god damn it.
Whoever were in those cars are dead, I don't see how you can survive that. :(
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;44276931]Whoever were in those cars are dead, I don't see how you can survive that. :([/QUOTE] It looks like they could have been parked on the side of the road. Hopefully nobody was in them.
[QUOTE=Explosions;44276944]It looks like they could have been parked on the side of the road. Hopefully nobody was in them.[/QUOTE] The car in the rear has its headlights on, however the 4x4 looking thing has a door open so hopefully someone got out.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;44276918]And now we've got video [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfiAPc2b1qw[/url][/QUOTE] Definitely likely that there were no survivors, and if anybody survived that at all, they'd be so banged up they might never wake again.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;44277064]You'd be pretty fucking lucky to survive a copter crash like that.[/QUOTE] Reckon its possible? For the Helicopter Crew, i mean.
News stated two dead, one survived. He was on fire and taken to the hospital.
[QUOTE=KennyAwsum;44277078]Reckon its possible? For the Helicopter Crew, i mean.[/QUOTE] There would be very low odds on such a thing, despite the improvements made to helicopter design over the last decade or so. For somebody to survive such an accident, they'd have to be fortunate enough that the impact wouldn't kill them on the spot, not to mention they'd have to be conscious enough and with injuries of minor (comparable) severity that they can make their way out of the cockpit, in time for the helicopter to not blow up by the fuel tank catching on fire. Not to mention they'd have to get clear far enough that shrapnel from an explosion doesn't catch them by chance, too. Truth be told, it's simpler for somebody to survive if they parachute out.
[QUOTE=dbk21894;44277116]News stated two dead, one survived. He was on fire and taken to the hospital.[/QUOTE] Immensely Lucky, if he survives that is.
The KOMO news anchors are on live right now and can barely keep themselves composed knowing they just lost two co-workers :(
If anyone wants to see KOMO's report, it's on [URL="http://www.komonews.com/live"]live[/URL]. [editline]18th March 2014[/editline] There was supposedly another person seen getting away from a blue car according to KOMO if I am hearing them right.
[video=youtube;sdeIsdB-XJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdeIsdB-XJg[/video]
[QUOTE=Dbot;44278480][video=youtube;sdeIsdB-XJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdeIsdB-XJg[/video][/QUOTE] "Where's the helicopter body? I can see just the tail and a small pile of charred jun-... oh"
Ugh, reminds me of the mid-air collision between the two news choppers in Phoenix back in 07. I was sitting at the airport in Phoenix when it happened, saw it come across the news. [video=youtube;kTIijI32vA0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIijI32vA0[/video]
This is literally a minute away from my apartment. I can see it down from my street. [QUOTE=darunner;44278636]Ugh, reminds me of the mid-air collision between the two news choppers in Phoenix back in 07. I was sitting at the airport in Phoenix when it happened, saw it come across the news.[/QUOTE] I lived in Arizona when that happened too.
[QUOTE=darunner;44278636]Ugh, reminds me of the mid-air collision between the two news choppers in Phoenix back in 07. I was sitting at the airport in Phoenix when it happened, saw it come across the news. [video=youtube;kTIijI32vA0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIijI32vA0[/video][/QUOTE] The first KSAZ clip was very hard to watch.
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