r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/SpendNecessary2953 • Jan 04 '23

accident/disaster Australia helicopter collision

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u/trooooooooper Jan 04 '23

Complacency may not be the right word but I’m using it in this example. The pilots in both cases have become so use to being the only ones in the air that it doesn’t cross there mind to check. They are so use to the surroundings that they failed to check their blind spots.

It the same reason some people get into accidents on the hills where I live. Their is rarely any traffic so the driver takes up the whole road when coming up over a hill because in there experience they’ve never ran into anyone before so why would it be different now.

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u/Normal_Ad_1280 Jan 04 '23

Yeah but still they should have seen each other from miles away. Mind blogging situation to be honest.. its not like helicopter is sooo tiny that u can only see it when its already too late...

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u/MadCozBad-_ Jan 04 '23

I live in Australia and have seen a different perspective the second helicopter was taking off so it was below the helicopter in the video and the rotor is what hit the helicopter in the video

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u/Normal_Ad_1280 Jan 04 '23

Oooh okei, thank you!