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Originally Posted by 70SATMan

We had an airman back into a C2 prop while it was warming up during night OPs. With all of the launch and recovery noise and movement he didn’t hear it and obviously had a lapse in awareness. Nothing much left above the waist. Would have been so quick, immediate lights out. I had buddies in Crash and Salvage that had to do the FOD walk down after that and I had an outboard antenna right off the catwalk that I had to wash off. They parked and roped off the C2 in the hangar Bay until we got back in port. Couldn’t touch it until the investigation was completed.

Yikes!

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Five!? Holy moly. At idle? Forgive but I know nothing of helo ops.

I'm assuming this is what he was talking about (blades pitched lower in the front #2-#3), but my helo knowledge is probably in lock-step with yours.

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