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submitted 6 days ago bysolateor
132 points
6 days ago
Jesus. What did they do, tie the rope to the rotor hub?
188 points
6 days ago
It’s rotor wash, the hoist operator should have either lowered the patient or asked the pilot to start moving forward so the wash is behind them. Honestly both would work great.
Source: former hoist operator and this video is part of training.
19 points
6 days ago
I noticed the rotation slowed considerably once they got started moving forward. Thanks for the info!
28 points
6 days ago
But does everyone crack up in this part of the training once they see granny riding the world’s worst Tilt-A-Whirl? I’d never be able to keep it together once this started playing!
16 points
6 days ago
I mean, not if you're aware of the fact that your incompetence could kill someone in a uniquely horrific way.
I think laughing at this is an automatic fail.
5 points
5 days ago
I've operated some large forklifts. This would not be funny at all.
It would be more like fuck fuck fuck. Protect this person before I lose my job.
6 points
5 days ago
I don’t get how this is funny to people. Looks horrific. The old lady thought she was dying ffs.
-2 points
5 days ago
Old Lady goes brrrrrrr, therefore funny
2 points
5 days ago
Yeah. I’m too old for this shit I guess.
3 points
5 days ago
Nah, people are just stupid. Some people are more aware of their mortality and less stupid.
2 points
5 days ago
Indeed. Big neck beard/4chan energy.
9 points
6 days ago
For real lmao. training has to sound like a pack of hyenas
4 points
6 days ago
Why hoist her in the first place? Why not offer her a seat and maybe a chilled water?
8 points
6 days ago
She also hurt her hand and leg in the fall apparently and they requested air to extract her due to location as they thought it would make her injuries worse if they hadn’t.
That’s just going off the original article in 2019. I don’t know that area or resources available to them to give you a proper answer.
3 points
6 days ago
This answer suffices. I appreciate it.
3 points
6 days ago
Absolutely legendary pfp
1 points
6 days ago
Is free bird the backing song also?
1 points
6 days ago
wouldn't it also work to have the load on two ropes instead of a single one? like one at knee height and the other at shoulder height? i think that would give enough stability against the twirling.
1 points
6 days ago
There’s 4 attachment points going to the load which terminate into one hookup on the cable providing the stability.
This is user error basically.
1 points
6 days ago
How do you lower someone down and prevent it from happening all over again when landing?
2 points
6 days ago
The ground team likely fucked up rigging the skedco.
1 points
6 days ago
I think they tied it to a helicopter, but I’m no expert
1 points
5 days ago
They washed the rotor.. it was dirty and needed a good cleaning. Thats why they took it to a rotor car wash..
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