clears throat
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Saving you a cliick: The penguin was OK! Also, the people.
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That’s quite a catastrophic (and obviously tragic) failure.
It will be some time before the investigation is completed but I just looked up the accident history of that model of helicopter and found one pretty similar crash that happened to a tourist flight in Australia in 1991. In that case it was determined that the pilot had lost control (possibly incapacitated as a result of a previously undiagnosed case of myocarditis that was found in his autopsy) and the helicopter went into a negative-g maneuver that caused the rotor to strike the tail boom.
atsb.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/25045/199102520.pdf
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/nyregion/ny-copake-fatal-plane-crash.html
A small twin-engine plane crashed in a muddy field on Saturday near the town of Copake, N.Y., killing all six people on board — two surgeons, two of their children and the children’s partners, according to a family member of the victims.
The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B bound for Columbia County Airport near Hudson, N.Y., was carrying the three couples en route to a 25th birthday celebration and Passover Seder, according to a statement from a family member.
Michael Groff, the pilot, was a neurosurgeon and experienced flyer, and his wife, Joy Saini, was a pelvic surgeon. Their daughter, Karenna Groff, was a medical student at N.Y.U. Langone and a former star soccer player at M.I.T., where she was named N.C.A.A. Woman of the Year in 2022.
Ms. Groff’s partner, James Santoro, was an investment banker and had planned to propose marriage this summer, the statement said.
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Um…wut? How?
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Engine catches fire mid-air after sucking in rabbit
Maybe it was a Hare-plane?
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What, no bun alert?
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Plane… edition?
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One of the comments.
The current president complaining about someone reneging on something is so, so rich.
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Damn! I mean, I’ve returned clothes that didn’t fit quite right or tools that were defective, but a whole ass jet? Well done, China!
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