Reason number one thousand and one not to use RSL :)

At least he got his main back. 🤣

Where's the hook knife???

side question, was the RSL in that case an extra layer of danger?

Not a single hook knife to but the pilot chute away?

Ho. Lee. SHHH...

nope. nope.nope.nope.no.noway.nope.

first guy was smart.

holy shit... riding on the edge of so much potential crazy no good

this only happens to d bags

This was horrifying.

CARALHOOOOOOOOOOOO

If the pilot slowed (or knew of the situation), the drone may have gone UP into the main rotor. That'd have made for a bit of a mess.

Paul, That's one way to END a skydive!

I think the jujmper (given his low number of jumps) and the rest of the team in the heli did a great job, given the circumstances.

As a heli pilot and jumper all I can say is great job reeling it back in! A heli went down locally because the gas cap was not tightened and flew into the tail rotor. That canopy was about 2 seconds from causing a serious, probably fatal accident.

then it's ok. all according to safety procedures.

Yes they did.

did the crew land right after the incident, without jumping?

Or read the description.....

Great job camera man!! If not for his quick reaction and thinking, that would have been a disaster. It looks as if the container opened first. At 0:08 you can see his deployment bag(D-bag) is out before the pilot chute at 0:09.

That jackass almost killed everybody including people on the ground!

1. Helmet shield open!! ''WRONG'' 2. Chest strap loose!! ''WRONG'' and maybe the pilot chute not inserted properly that's why...... You're very lucky guy

Do you even speak English?

Looks like a GoPro chute shoot.

Holy CRAP - Great job everyone!

He is not 100% - with such question!

In what timespan?

Great job guys thats scary! 131 jumps here

as long as they maintain some altitude, they can all just jump from the helicopter, in case the canopy breaks loose an hits the rear rotor... but should they try to land it, and that happens in, say 300ft. you're pretty much boned!

he cant see is on the left of the helicopter the time he knew he started to land

Great job keeping your heads cool. too bad he couldn´t fly his spectre :-( just one question: where´s the jump footage? ;-D

Are you a Skydiver? Its at 5k, a problem the pilot is not 100% sure of, he's had no request to land from the Skydivers. You can tell by the rotor noise he has started a slow descent. The pilot and the Skydivers did a great job.

That guy owes A LOT of beer

I dont understand why the Helicopter did not land right away ,could someone please explain why ?

So much whuffo expertise in here.

If the rotors are creating lift, what would make the bag float up into the rotors?

Ya fair enough, I didn't consider people being tossed around back there without seatbelts on etc. I agree with KrisRamJ about slowing down but still keeping a bit of speed and some pedal. Question answered. Cheers!

Good work y'all. Great job containing it and reducing the danger.

This is scarier than 99% of the low opening videos I've ever seen. Well done for everyone on keeping their heads in a scary, totally unpredictable and certainly unexpected situation. Breathing again now.

Or expected...

Haha, I'm actually doing physics now, it's the potential of being crushed it's not guaranteed.

To enter autorotation for zero airspeed the pilot has to push the nose of the helicopter down to gain airspeed... a very dicey proposition when you don't have back doors on and people back there without seatbelts on. You're right on when you say we're more comfortable with forward airspeed no matter the altitude.

Beer!!!!! For the Tangled mess of canopy. And a fifth for the Rigger that packed that reserve. :D

So they would have two pieces of flapping nylon instead of one?

The guy who was filming is a hero!

You didn't take physics class, did you?

Except when you jump out of the car, you have a device attached to you that will cushion you against the fast-approaching hit-able object.

Personally I'd have slowed down to help them reel it in, around 50kts or so. You wouldn't want to hover because if it went into the tail rotor you'd totally lose control. At least if you're flying forwards you have some weathervaning. I'd also get some right pedal in so if it detached it would move away from the tail rotor.

;-{]} Good job !! Would've been tempted (only a little bit) to get the fook outa there for a second ;-) Good job on saving the day!!