Top Gear Korea Stunt Accident

[Stringent]

Hopefully this won't get removed ... But it just goes to show that all the fun stuff we see on our Top Gear, there are dangers which go with all those stunts. As this one from Top Gear Korea shows. No one seriously injured apparently.

[kopite]

Bugger

[jimbouk]

Wowsers. It looked like they'd finished the race, wonder what happened.

[Biscuit]

That looked expensive!

Good thing no-one was hurt!

[peterb]

Wowsers. It looked like they'd finished the race, wonder what happened.

It crashed!

Seriously, it looks from the clip as if he just flew it into the ground, misjudgeing his height. Of course there may have been mechanical failure, the engine sounded as if it speeded up prior to the dive.

Amazing that (if the title is true) that the pilot wasn't killed (or anyone on the ground from the debris)

[stilkun]

Ouch... lucky nobody was hurt!

[Butuz]

I was thinking to myself during the first stall turn he was leaving no margin for error. I guess in the second one he left less than no margin for error.

I think he must have got himself into blind show off mode - as there's no way a sensible pilot would risk himself, the ground crew and his helicopter just to get some "cool shots"

Butuz

[chuckskull]

Oof, bet that stung, well if it didn't the telling off will. Glad no-one was seriously hurt.

Looks like he just misjudged his height, he'd almost finished the manoeuvre, just needed another 20-30ft to get his nose back up.

[TheAnimus]

Of course there may have been mechanical failure, the engine sounded as if it speeded up prior to the dive.

Amazing that (if the title is true) that the pilot wasn't killed (or anyone on the ground from the debris)

I'd be betting the pilot will be saying it's the fault of the ground crew, rule 1 of piloting in dangerous environments where the slightest pilot error means millions of dollars of damage, its always the knuckle draggers to blame. I remember the laughter of the old navy pilots at flight school when one of the osama raid helicopters had to be blown up, they where all saying how lucky that pilot was to be able to blame mechanical....

However, I'm more impressed that the pilot survived that! Anyone have anything for those who can't read Korean?