Huge Russian Helicopter Crashes in a Minefield, Killing Dozens

[UNCjigga]

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OMG, what is wrong with the world??

"Designed for 80, but carrying at least 132"

"A number of soldiers apparently survived the crash only to activate mines on emerging from the wreckage."

:Q:frown::|

A pic of the Mi-26 helicopter (believed to be the type involved in the crash)

 

[tweakmm]

Maybe it was an act of god
or maybe it was karma?

 

[NFS4]

OMG, I know this isn't funny, but this reminds me of something that would happen to Wile E. Coyote

 

[brtspears2]

Talk about tough luck. Crash, survive. Get out of chopper, look around...

"Hey Ormov, seen my leg?"
"No, but wheres my pevis?"

 

[Colt45]

"Designed for 80, but carrying at least 132"

you see theres this thing called money. when you don't have enough of it you have to improvise.

 

[ToBeMe]

Is this the same crash that CNN was reporting on earlier in the day today in which they now believe the helicopter was actaully shot down? Unless this is the second crash, they are now saying that they found a launcher close to the crash site.............

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: ToBeMe
Is this the same crash that CNN was reporting on earlier in the day today in which they now believe the helicopter was actaully shot down? Unless this is the second crash, they are now saying that they found a launcher close to the crash site.............

Yeah, apparantly one Russian general was suspended too. Maybe he was the one that ordered the helicopter into the hostile area? Or maybe he was responsible for putting in 132 instead of 80 men...

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
Maybe it was an act of god
or maybe it was karma?

Talk about karma of the worst kind! See, if you believed in God and had to deal with this (assuming you're still alive) you'd be like "WTF?? Moron!" and lose your faith. But if you believed in karma, you'd know that there was no maliciousness involved--its just the rules. And you'd also realize you've gotta a lot of good works to do before you die...

 

[Atrail]

Picture

Not the accident just the chopper...

 

[RGN]

Its not funny, but it really is...

 

[NFS4]

"Designed for 80, but carrying at least 132"

Are you sure this wasn't a Mexican helicopter?

 

[SuperTool]

These choppers can carry up to 20 tonnes, so I doubt weight was the cause.
Info

 

[OutHouse]

The Ruskies make some bad ass heilos.

 

[FrancesBeansRevenge]

Originally posted by: NFS4

"Designed for 80, but carrying at least 132"

Are you sure this wasn't a Mexican helicopter?

heh. j00 made a funnay! yay!

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: Citrix
The Ruskies make some bad ass heilos.

theres an old joke: Russians make two good things: tractors and helicopters. The tractors came first, then they just put rotors on them to make helicopters.



On subject, stories today were saying that it was probably shot down by rebels, since its big and slow.

 

[SuperTool]

Not the first time this has happenned
It's war. Bad things happen. But these Chechens have some nerve to complain that Russians are killing off their male population, especially after they pull stunts like these.

 

[RU482]

"Designed for 80, but carrying at least 132"

Not to mention the 500Lbs of Plutonium they were en-route to Iraq with