Helicopter pilot avoids train crash.

[dennilfloss]

Good thinking on her part and kudos to the train conductor who understood her signals.:thumbsup:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...alts-train-avert-disaster-level-crossing.html

 

[Kadarin]

Excellent example of the right person in the right place at the right time. Props.

 

[TwiceOver]

Massive brass ba.... wait a second.

 

[IronWing]

Great, now that stupid John Travolta action flick is in my head.

 

[vshah]

lol, i'd stop too if a helicopter was flying towards me...lights or not.

well done to the pilot though.

 

[foghorn67]

Excellent example of the right person in the right place at the right time. Props.

No, rotors.

 

[lxskllr]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

 

[foghorn67]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

lol.

 

[TecHNooB]

its pretty ez to avoid a train when you're in a helicopter

 

[dennilfloss]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

You and your special education. 😉 I purposely said avoid. It's called a play with words and, in this case, the bait.

 

[Fenixgoon]

No, rotors.

:thumbsup:

 

[OverVolt]

An abandoned car is worth not stopping for. Probably costs the company thousands of dollars to stop for some $4,000 clunker.

 

[IronWing]

I'm not sure an abandoned car is worth not stopping for. Probably costs the company thousands of dollars to stop for some $4,000 clunker.

Passenger train.

 

[KlokWyze]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

I thought the same thing when reading the title.... anyways.

Realising there was an emergency, the driver slammed on the brakes and brought the train to a halt just 30 yards from the crossing.

 

[Schfifty Five]

You and your special education. 😉 I purposely said avoid. It's called a play with words and, in this case, the bait.

You mean "play on words". And you purposely wrote avoid b/c you're too dumb to know any better, amirite?

 

[dennilfloss]

You guys are sooooo easy to trigger tonight.()🙂

 

[Schfifty Five]

You guys are sooooo easy to trigger tonight.()🙂

ok trolololololo.

 

[dennilfloss]

lalalalala... 😀

Actually you got me on 'play on words'. I wrote with as I'm a French speaker and we say jouer avec les mots. 🙂

 

[ProfJohn]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

I was thinking the same thing....

"Helicopter pilot avoids train crash" isn't much of a story.

Now helicopter causes train crash IS a story.

 

[911paramedic]

Nice flying. At 150MPH (why are they using imperial on a UK site?) she must have been close to the top speed of that helo.

 

[GTaudiophile]

 

[LTC8K6]

Heroic Rail Signal Operator does job.

Just doesn't sound as good.

A spokesman for Northern Rail said the Sheffield to Bridlington service ‘was brought to a controlled stop as instructed by a Network Rail signal operator who was aware of the car on the track and alerted oncoming trains to it by bringing them to a standstill’.

 

[sswingle]

Heroic Rail Signal Operator does job.

Just doesn't sound as good.

If they were so aware of it, then why did they just manage to get it stopped 30 yards away.

 

[Thebobo]

Heroic Rail Signal Operator does job.

Just doesn't sound as good.

Ah, Lol so in reality its just Signal Operator does job.

 

[hanoverphist]

The word you're looking for is "averts". A helicopter avoiding a train crash isn't so special :^P

i was confused at the title as well, i was wondering why the pilot didnt just fly higher.

and what are the odds the helicopter pilot used to be a train driver and knew the train was in range? crazy and cool. wonder if shes hot.

edit: read the rest of the article with images turned on. nope.