Holiday Decorating With a Helicopter Can Be Very Dangerous

You might worry about falling off a ravel while decorating your home with lights , but that pales in comparison to what bechance to thishelicopterin Auckland while installing a Christmas Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . gratefully , the fender walk away from the clangour .

The incident come about while the helicopter was being used to install a seven story tall tree near the Te Wero Island bridge in Auckland , New Zealand . Witnesses say at the time of the wreck it was using a cable length to erect a ladder , and as the helicopter came down it was nip off by the rear rotor coil , and then everything went to hell .

As the helicopter came crashing down it snap in half and tore itself to pieces , but thankfully the main rotor stay on entire , minimise the damage and injuries . astonishingly the pilot , Greg Gibble , walked away from the accident , and only one other someone was taken to the infirmary with pocket-sized injuries . Sadly , it ’s yet another example of why flying during the holidays should only be done with a sleigh and reindeer . [ Stuff.co.nz ]