Toy helicopter crash prompts SC driver to call 911

Fire_Medic_Dave

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:18 PM
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Toy helicopter crash prompts SC driver to call 911

CHARLESTON, S.C. – It was an eerie sight for a motorist driving Interstate 526 in South Carolina - a helicopter in the distance spewing smoke as it plunged toward the Wando River. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the motorist called 911 with the report Wednesday. Police and three Charleston Fire Department trucks and a fire battalion chief raced to the scene.
One Charleston police officer drove calmly by after seeing the truth. It was a helicopter all right - a remote controlled toy helicopter about 2 feet long.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_toy_chopper_crash

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NYC_SKP

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:30 PM
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1. Were there any injuries/fatalities?

:P

Those R/C Helicopters can be pretty detailed and authentic in appearance.

And, as they hover, they may be more easily mistaken for the real thing than fixed wing R/C aircraft.

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Fire_Medic_Dave

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:59 PM
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3. Just the little plastic pilot.

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DeadEyeDyck

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:34 PM
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2. I was driving in West Tx and thought I was going to

be hit by a plane. For a moment, I saw this plane come right at me. I swerved off the road and into the desert before I realized it was a model airplane. Without a reference, there was no way to tell!! Some kids were behind a dune spooking the crap out of drivers

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Hassin Bin Sober

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:16 AM
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4. Was it this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbITzCI2AU0

Way cool.

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bermudat

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Fri Aug-21-09 02:09 AM
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5. That was impressive.

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