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Hospital helipad destroyed by departing aircraft

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USAF CV22 Osprey destroys UK hospital helipad on departure. Video. (www.bbc.co.uk) More...

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EF111
The crew are lucky a piece of that matting didn't impact a rotor blade as they lifted off...
Bandrunner
Bandrunner 1
Lack of proper ground mat anchoring, by the look of that.
Hardly 'destroyed'. I was expecting a temporary building to be blown over at least.
btweston
btweston 1
Oh man. Someone’s gonna have to roll those mats out again.
mikehe
I don't think that is the normal Helipad at Addenbrooke's, which is a large square patch on the south side of the hospital campus, in an open field.

The site in the video looks like a load of PSP loose-laid on the deck.

Most UK hospitals have their helipad on the roof, or in a section of a tarmac-covered car park.

Anyhow, nice to see the Osprey being used in daily flying - justifying the faith which was placed in the programme during the early days when teething troubles nearly sank the programme.
BrianL
BrianL 2
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Addenbrooke%27s+Hospital+helipad+destroyed
emjay111
Marcus Jones 2
Try the international version of the BBC News site. It might work for you.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56847090
TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 1
The video is only playable if you're in the UK.
williambaker08
william baker 1
I watched the video earlier on twitter and it played fine.

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