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    A Japanese teacher dies after being blown over by the wind from a US military helicopter during a demonstration flight at a school on Kadena Air Base in April last year. The US military attributes the accident to the helicopter's exceeding the safe distance
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    A Japanese teacher dies after being blown over by the wind from a US military helicopter during a demonstration flight at a school on Kadena Air Base in April last year. The US military attributes the accident to the helicopter’s exceeding the safe distance


    A Japanese teacher dies after being blown over by the wind from a US military helicopter during a demonstration flight at a school on Kadena Air Base in April last year. The US military attributes the accident to the helicopter’s exceeding the safe distance

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    1. Glagaire on

      This was gross negligence (the helicopter was supposed to maintain a distance of 500-600 feet but came within 85 feet of spectators) but don’t expect much to come from it. Ideally, you would see at least one serious prison sentence and punishments all the way up the chain of command for such a serious safety breach, realistically we can expect *crickets*

      These are the same clowns who will fly between Tokyo skyscrapers because “We’d never get away with it back home, but its Japan so who gives a **** about regulations.”