Spanish Police Demo | TheaterFire

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RangerSad3081@reddit

Wouldn’t the blades basically disintegrate if they tapped the water? Some mild unexpected turbulence/sheer and you’re so fucked

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laxintx@reddit

Helicopter got pants-shittingly close to the water.

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tudalex@reddit

That is why the pilot was not wearing pants

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rocket_randall@reddit

Can't be, the helo was never inverted

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This one was probably a bit over the top for showing, but AFAIK, flying damn low is pretty common when chasing narco boats in the Strait (I don't know if it is really necessary, though). Surprisingly enough, IIRC, only once has a helicopter ever crashed in these chases, about 30 years ago.

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NeitherEntry6125@reddit

I don't get it. Why would this be a good strategy?

How is the helicopter going to stop a boat by flying low?

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Gryphontech@reddit

Yeah that chopper almost ate shit

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wolftick@reddit

The first few seconds was probably the closest. That nose up didn't look very controlled and if the tail properly enters the water it's game over.

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FeeHot5876@reddit

Rotor blade touched the water

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GMAN7007@reddit

No way, The blade would have blown apart immediately. It would be like the blade hitting concrete.

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OldheadBoomer@reddit

Not the rotor, but it does look like the lower tail guard touched the water in the first few seconds of the video.

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bustervich@reddit

Angle of incidence, pitch of the blade, and the side of the rotor disk that hits the water matters a lot. I know people who have run rotors into trees, buildings, and wires (not all at the same time) that kept flying.

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GMAN7007@reddit

It's more likely to break than not in this situation. The blade should be only hitting air its designed for that.

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bustervich@reddit

>The blade should be only hitting air it’s designed for that.

Gee the fun police are here /s

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astroamy24@reddit

If any spinning blade touched the water, there would be no more helicoptor. I think you meant the tail boom, and even then maybe it skimmed it. In any case yeah very reckless flying for no reason.

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Equivalent_Sink_8653@reddit

In slo-mo, to me at least, looked like a tail strike right at the beginning.

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ubergic@reddit

I learned a new, useful adjective today.

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steel_city89@reddit

Wont need to shit for a week.

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SuperFriendlyAv8or@reddit

I suspect there was some caca in some pantalones onboard!

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Ok-Bus-3085@reddit

Brown undies

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Any_Barber5122@reddit

Lastima que en la vida real eso no pasaría nunca....

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Xorondras@reddit

What do you mean the ending?

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Conscious_Cicada9597@reddit

Pretty stupid to put that heli at risk so the pilot could fuck around. The pilot and the person who ok’d this should be fired.

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right_closed_traffic@reddit

The craziest part about all of this is that it wasn’t even impressive. I mean what was the point

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HPPD2@reddit

this seem needlessly reckless

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Effective_Word1308@reddit

I agree. No need to fly like that and literally be on top of the target. Stand off a bit, provide areal reconnaissance and fire support if required, but trying to show you can keep up with the boat is needlessly reckless, vulnerable, and will change the entire initiative of the mission if they crash into the water and now the boat units have turned into a rescue mission.

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Mygoldeneggs@reddit

You know the sad part? That this is somewhat the standard procedure. In Spain we have Morocco a few miles away, they use this superfast boats to import drugs and Spanish police go after them in helicopters. They try to harrass the speedboat to stop but... they are not allowed to shoot them. So very often this crazy fast chases appear when one shot to the motor will suffice, with the helicopter close to the boat waiting for another Spanish police boat to arrive and catch them.

The drug dealers have a chance to scape because they can go through Gibraltar (UK) waters (that Spain does not recognize but they usually would try to avoid an international issue and drop the chase) or run back to Morocco.

This is very stupid and very dangerous. And not only this demo, but what they are obligated to do daily. Some cops died some months ago being rammed by one speedboat and some backlash happened but nothing else. The police there is underfunded, underprepared (the drug dealers usually have faster boats and the ones up to speed from the police are usually captured from them and converted for police use) and no left or right goverment wants to tackle it.

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verynotfun@reddit

They can't open fire unless they're fired upon first. Drug traffickers speed past them in their boats and even kill them. Thanks to Minister Marlaska.

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wizer1212@reddit

Agree

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This_Elk_1460@reddit

Hey I'll have you know this city had to close three homeless shelters to afford these boats and helicopters! They deserve to get their money's worth out of them /s

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MrNoir79@reddit

I thought they were going in the water on the first turn.

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dzemperzapedra@reddit

Hey man those immigrants row fast

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Sinapsis42@reddit

Son narcos, no inmigrantes.

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Lefties_TheWorst7331@reddit

Reckless maybe.. needlessly? Nah that's badass 😎

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Tosh_00@reddit

This shit is so dumb, what could go wrong with so many people around right ?

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Lucky_Yam6126@reddit

Aren’t most air shows in general? A flying aircraft is flying, wow woah wee wow

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samgarita@reddit

Needless? Yes. Reckless? Maybe yeah. But needlessly reckless? Definitely yeah.

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Ph6222@reddit (OP)

Agreed

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Bubbly-Travel9563@reddit

30 second of wtf heli flying followed by 3 minutes of complete nonsense

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RFK_Cum_Regimen@reddit

My immediate internal thought was putting myself at the shoreline and running up the beach as fast as possible.

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ScientistBoth830@reddit

Yeah wtf are we watching

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j5isntalive@reddit

Anadalusia 911

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RentAscout@reddit

112

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j5isntalive@reddit

emergency number over there?

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neat_klingon@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#/media/File:Emergency_telephone_numbers_in_the_world.svg

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XilenceBF@reddit

“The ending of this video is wild”

Oh those good old click bait titles.

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ChewyChagnuts@reddit

Would this call for a meeting without biscuits (or perhaps tapas in this case?) with the boss?

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really_random_user@reddit

What was the goal here?

Look reckless and make the mechanics cry with all the saltwater?

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fuzzyfoozand@reddit

This reddit is like the anti-Tex Johnston. Don't go to an airshow guys. You might see the blue angels fly unnecessarily close or people walking on wings just to show off.

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cofonseca@reddit

We’ve had a ton of deadly air show accidents in recent years so I think the comments are completely justified.

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Excellent-Gur-8547@reddit

Well no, Tex did things that looked risky, but were well-researched and well-planned to not actually be.

This is just genuinely bad airmanship.

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Immediate_Shake3195@reddit

Were they arresting illegal immigrants 😂

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CarminSanDiego@reddit

Is this the same beach where that f18 almost killed a bunch of beach goers?

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TheOriginalJBones@reddit

Practice for the upcoming clown convention.

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AggressiveCorner5394@reddit

Trouble in transit……..jumped off the boat………we blended in with the crowd

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rotundrikishi@reddit

that was actually insane

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newpotatocaboose54@reddit

Needs the Magnum PI theme song

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FixergirlAK@reddit

Except TC was better at keeping his tail boom out of the damn drink!

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This_Elk_1460@reddit

Anyone got a news report on what the fuck was going on at the end there

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Splitzer_sdk@reddit

The ending is wild? No… the beginning is wild. Helicopter almost stuffs it in the drink in the first five seconds. I would be surprised if this video does not require the pilot to do a little carpet dancing for their superiors.

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daerath@reddit

Or just hover and use less fuel. Also, you can't really be effectively shot at if you're 500 feet up as opposed to being so close they can touch you.

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agha0013@reddit

Demoing how to almost lose a helicopter? That got a wee bit too close to the water

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SovietAnthem@reddit

How to almost lose a helicopter and subsequently, the heads and limbs of like 30 bystanders

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ContextOk4751@reddit

this has nothing to do with “demo”. its a circulating video and every one has a new title like “drug trafficers arrested by spanish police.” its reddit karma farming slop posts

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notmonicagellar1@reddit

You beat me to it. I said out loud as I watched it “are they demonstrating how to crash a helicopter?!”

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SantiagoGT@reddit

Contrary to popular beliefs helicopters really like water! /s

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Effective_Word1308@reddit

Yea, that was almost an accident and I think the pilot knew it too as he chilled out for a bit after that skid and tail hit the water. I honesty despise "show off" aviation stunts.

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xlachiex@reddit

Pretty sure it hits the water early on in the video 👀

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SkyscraperNC@reddit

It looked like the tail straight slammed the water, but I didn’t see a splash or anything, so I don’t really know

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ProcessEmergency2729@reddit

Incredibly close to being a helicopter crash demo

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echo4thirty@reddit

For a moment there I thought Alex Choi got a new gig.

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Gaspuch62@reddit

It's a bit reckless, but I'm impressed by Airbus helicopters now.

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scoutstorm@reddit

That ending is just as wild as the start how tf no one mention that? 🤣 watching a heli bout destroy itself then see the ending of an action crime movie where homeboy and slick finally have nowhere else to run 😭

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xmas7077@reddit

Why isn’t the water being disturbed by the helicopter? AI

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Maximum-Security5699@reddit

Their tail was 1ft away from hitting the water. Nope.

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Odd_Load7249@reddit

They should spin the helicopter blades faster so it can fly at a safer height.

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SammeyBarks@reddit

This has gotta be AI, The rotor blades aren't doing anything to the water. I might just be dumb tho

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Paigerverse@reddit

This is some shit you’d see in Forza Horizon

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Clin-ton@reddit

Night Boat: The Crime Solving Boat
There’s always an inlet

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WillieDFleming@reddit

I thought the pilot had dunked her in the first few seconds!

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readonlyred@reddit

“This is how we keep the migrants out.”

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Sinapsis42@reddit

Los inmigrantes no llegan en lanchas con varios motores de 200 o 300 CV y 4 pasajeros. En el vídeo estás viendo una persecución a narcotraficantes.

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KiwieeiwiK@reddit

Oh cool, fascism porn

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eric02138@reddit

Attempting to apprehend suspects alive? 🇺🇸Interesting concept. /s

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Ok_Library_1031@reddit

Aww what is this, Almodovar's sequel to I'm So Excited? :D

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NitroDragonAnvil@reddit

Helicopter seems to be into water

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Vast_Review7674@reddit

Yeah.. I also look into it

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Gilleke_@reddit

thisis daily basis reckless spanish police heli pilots

check this out

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