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Navy Pilots Grounded After Double Helicopter Dip Into Lake Tahoe [VIDEO]

Sep 24, 2010 – 3:46 PM
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Dana Chivvis

Dana Chivvis Contributor

(Sept. 24) -- Two Navy pilots from San Diego have been grounded after their helicopters dipped into Lake Tahoe last week. The Sept. 13 incident was caught on a dramatic video, which shows the two choppers hovering just above the water. At one point, one of the $33 million aircraft seems to lose control and flip over into the lake, but the pilot manages to bring it back up out of the water.

Both helicopters droped into the lake because they did not have enough power to stay in their hovering positions, Lt. Aaron Kakiel, spokesman for the Naval Air Forces command at North Island, where the pilots are based, told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The helicopters were on their way back to the air station in San Diego after an air show in Sacramento. They were headed to Lemoore Naval Air Station south of Fresno for refueling when the incident occurred.

Afterward, the helicopters had to land at Lake Tahoe airport for repairs. The incident caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damage to the choppers.

Watch the dramatic video below and read more at the San Diego Union-Tribune.



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