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Title: Russian Helicopters May Have Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Military Drills
Post by: Suppressed on September 19, 2017, 07:16:32 pm

Russian Helicopters May Have Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Military Drills

Sep 19, 2017 — 11:47  — Update: 15:18

Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a helicopter accidentally fired on bystanders at the Zapad 2017 military exercises, the online news portal 66.ru cited (https://66.ru/news/incident/202950/) a source as saying on Tuesday.

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Title: Re: Russian Helicopters May Have Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Military Drills
Post by: Suppressed on September 19, 2017, 07:17:48 pm

Some are reporting this is footage of it:
https://g.redditmedia.com/YIO1ZOgsTVOb90k_zeIKalsUgZMP-mMvsmmL8Hs57is.gif?w=728&fm=mp4&mp4-fragmented=false&s=9567aac141701d62ff0d81143a4452b3

Title: Re: Russian Helicopters May Have Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Military Drills
Post by: Suppressed on September 19, 2017, 07:19:21 pm

More videos:
https://www.rt.com/news/403789-cockpit-video-helicopter-misfire/

Title: Re: Russian Helicopters May Have Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Military Drills
Post by: driftdiver on September 19, 2017, 07:35:28 pm

Bad pilot, no vodka for you!