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    Leicester owner in helicopter crash

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    And his family too. Have to be all dead given the fireball footage.

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    Apparently tail propeller failed and sent it spinning to the ground. Not a chance anyone in it survived you feel.

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    I don't suppose it landed on Nigel Pearson?
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    8 dead apparently.

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    A United account going all in on an air crash is slightly unexpected.

    How does a helicopter manage to go that wrong that quickly? Could only have been seconds into the flight.

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    Twittering this somehow threw up that weird little Jamie Vardy bloke, who now does 'live reaction' streams and a podcast, neither of which seem to attract any likes or re-tweets. I'm not saying these lads didn't die in vain, but it's certainly a tangible result.

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    BBC reckon Puel was in it too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    A United account going all in on an air crash is slightly unexpected.

    How does a helicopter manage to go that wrong that quickly? Could only have been seconds into the flight.
    The pilot probably skipped on or missed something in the pre-flight checks. Maybe it's a Matthew Harding situation where the pilot's unqualified, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    BBC reckon Puel was in it too.
    That would take the mourning up several million notches.

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    He wasn't in it.

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    How do you know? By now I would think someone would confirm if he was or not.

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    His family might've reported him missing.

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    I doubt he was as we'd know by now.

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    Have you seen him? Seems all a bit hush hush.

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    So hush hush it's all over every single news outlet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    So hush hush it's all over every single news outlet.
    Its not even been confirmed that the owners was on the helicopter yet. But yeah, not hush hush at all.

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    It's literally the first thing on the BBC news and sport sites, not much of a cover up.

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    Bam only looks st the pictures.

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    Are we sure Puel wasn't on it? Seems a bit hush hush

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    Was Nigel pearson on it?
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    If only they'd had better protection inside the helicopter.

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    If they weren't killed suddenly by the impact of the crash than their deaths must have been utterly horrific.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    How does a helicopter manage to go that wrong that quickly? Could only have been seconds into the flight.
    They're absolute lethal and I struggle to think of a more dangerous form of transport.

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    True, along with motorcycles it's the one thing you won't catch me on any time soon, unless I need rescuing from a glacier or something, and even then it's probably the more sensible option to just leave me there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    They're absolute lethal and I struggle to think of a more dangerous form of transport.
    I don't trust them at all. The ones we use to go offshore are pretty reliable (Sikorsky s92) and its only a twenty minute flight. Fuck being one of the operators who send them out on 2 hour+ journeys each way offshore. First one I went on one I was a bit surprised at the door visibly vibrating, then realised the entire fucking thing vibrates. Nowadays I lean back and if you're in the right seat, it's almost like a back massage.

    The 'survival suit' we wear offshore helps if you drop in water. If you're on land and it falls, good luck to you.

    Only once have I been on a chopper and been concerned. Admittedly I did also end up taking a 2.5 hour jaunt on what should've been a twenty minute journey, including spending 30-45 minutes on an Fpso as the chopper refuelled as they "fixed a minor technical issue". I decided against asking what the technical issue was.

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    They feel like a bunch of parts trying to shake themselves to bits, and when something does go wrong you plummet to earth surrounded by whirling metal. No thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    They feel like a bunch of parts trying to shake themselves to bits, and when something does go wrong you plummet to earth surrounded by whirling metal. No thanks.
    Mental.

    If I go offshore instead of working 8 hours, I have to work minimum 12. I stay in a bunk bed in the safe side of a hazardous environment. And to get to and from I get in a helicopter. Ł110 extra per night pre tax is what I get. Underpaid overtime.

    Lucrative it is not.

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    The lad who used to come around and fix our computer when we were kids died in a helicopter crash (his fault), but when you see the pictures you wonder a) how it remained intact like that; and b) how only he died.

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    They always compress into a mangled mesh.

    I mean, look at the state of that:

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fa...w=1920&bih=969

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    The United Twitter account tacked this Leicester stuff onto the Remembrance Sunday silence (which itself seems pointless to me). Has anyone even been confirmed dead yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    The United Twitter account tacked this Leicester stuff onto the Remembrance Sunday silence (which itself seems pointless to me). Has anyone even been confirmed dead yet?
    No, it’s all a bit hush hush.

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    No but given they could name a few directors who weren't on it last night, combined with all the tributes to the owner, it seems like an open secret.

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    Eamonn Holmes must be seething.

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    I'd imagine a formal ID might take a while.

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    Confirmed chairman a goner.

    Surprised this hasn't brought Lee out of the woodwork.

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    As well as 4 others.

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    I never know whether I'm lolling at the stupid joke, or the fact that somebody has just lobbed it out there. Probably both really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Confirmed chairman a goner.

    Surprised this hasn't brought Lee out of the woodwork.
    I can confirm he's torn up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    I can confirm he's torn up.
    He seems too cold to be the type.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    As well as 4 others.
    Did we have that many Leicester fans on here?

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    That paedophile who he moved to Scotland with and her kids probably still look out for their results because of him, so let's use them.

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    In terms of accidents per trip, helicopters must be up there with small planes.

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    At least small planes can glide.

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    Hobbyist pilots, man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    They always compress into a mangled mesh.

    I mean, look at the state of that:

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fa...w=1920&bih=969
    That's a plane isn't it?

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    A FOREIGN plane.

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    I'd be much more worried getting on any sort of plane in South East Asia or Africa than I would be getting on a helicopter in the first world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dino View Post
    I'd be much more worried getting on any sort of plane in South East Asia or Africa than I would be getting on a helicopter in the first world.
    I am for racism too

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