Just freaking cut the cord and drop me from the sky. No way could I have handled this. You Tube
Inside Edition -
An elderly hiker being airlifted to safety on a stretcher spins wildly in a dizzying video. The 74-year-old woman had fallen while hiking in Phoenix, Arizona, and suffered face, wrist and hip injuries. During the windy airlift, firefighters say a line that was supposed to prevent the stretcher from spinning failed, leaving the woman helpless as she twisted a nauseating 175 times over more than two minutes. Rescuers said the woman experienced dizziness and nausea but is expected to recover.
June 06, 2019, 12:11 PM
Georgeair
She did an incredible job of keeping count though!
Luckily she was a figure skater.
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June 06, 2019, 12:37 PM
rusbro
I think the story is wrong. That must be Super Dave Osborne.
June 06, 2019, 12:42 PM
Vgex
I was watching this in public wearing headphones. Big mistake.
June 06, 2019, 12:42 PM
gearhounds
That’s why you need a tender/stabilizer line separate from the haul line. Luckily she was properly packaged- she might have been easily ejected.
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June 06, 2019, 12:46 PM
old rugged cross
Not a laughing matter but for some reason it makes me laugh. Glad she is ok. Things happen. People want to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
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June 06, 2019, 01:04 PM
whododat
quote:
Rescuers said the woman experienced dizziness and nausea but is expected to recover.
Ya think?!
Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.
June 06, 2019, 01:10 PM
GT-40DOC
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: That’s why you need a tender/stabilizer line separate from the haul line.
They had a line, but it broke.
June 06, 2019, 01:58 PM
gearhounds
quote:
Originally posted by GT-40DOC:
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: That’s why you need a tender/stabilizer line separate from the haul line.
They had a line, but it broke.
Actually, it says it failed, but a proper tending line should be strong enough and properly attached to keep from detaching. It would be clipped into one end of the litter and tension kept on it until it is secured in the aircraft. My guess is that the line was improperly attached to begin with.
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June 06, 2019, 02:03 PM
az4783054
According to Phoenix FD, out of the hundreds of air rescue operations performed by the Phoenix FD helicopter over the years, this is only the 2nd time this has occurred. It has occurred with AZ DPS Air Rescue as well. The patients were secured and no injuries occurred from the events. It must be anxious moments for the patient and flight crew though.
Easy to second guess, find it funny and criticize.
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June 06, 2019, 02:18 PM
mrvmax
quote:
Originally posted by rusbro: I think the story is wrong. That must be Super Dave Osborne.
It does look like one of his....
June 06, 2019, 02:59 PM
sigmonkey
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June 06, 2019, 04:55 PM
YooperSigs
It was bad. Could have been worse, though. She could have auto-rotated. That makes for a low quality flight.
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June 06, 2019, 09:10 PM
shovelhead
I can't go on anything that goes in a circle at any speed, it's so bad that I got sick riding a playground merry-go-round with my kids. I cannot imagine how I would have handled that.
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June 06, 2019, 09:42 PM
medic451
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist"
June 06, 2019, 09:53 PM
RAMIUS
If you turn the screen upside down, it looks like the lady is rescuing the helicopter.
June 07, 2019, 05:33 AM
r0gue
On the bright side, she's not laying in the middle of the desert with a broken hip being eaten by a coyote. So,... there's that.
June 07, 2019, 05:51 AM
Woodman
quote:
Originally posted by az4783054: According to Phoenix FD, out of the hundreds of air rescue operations performed by the Phoenix FD helicopter over the years, this is only the 2nd time this has occurred. It has occurred with AZ DPS Air Rescue as well. The patients were secured and no injuries occurred from the events. It must be anxious moments for the patient and flight crew though.
Easy to second guess, find it funny and criticize.
Exactly. Easy to second guess. And it has happened before but not often. It was not life-threatening. The one doing the counting? Lawyer, likely.
