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"Waterspout " experience for an helicopter
Shetland Islands, Great Britain - Incident damaged all five rotor blades
Yesterday an eighteen helicopter passengers experienced violent pitching, rolling and turning after their aircraft encountered a waterspout, a tornado at sea in which a continuous vortex can extend from a cloud all the way down to the surface of the watera A huge gust caused the aircraft to climb about 200ft and turn to the right while significantly losing speed as the two pilots tried, and eventually...
fra/pec - 48912
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency