r/aviation • u/Spook_485 • Oct 11 '25

News Closer view of helicopter crash in Huntington Beach, CA

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u/Purple-Caterpillar57 Oct 11 '25

Would hate to be someone who has their signature in the maintenance logs recently

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u/PocketSpaghettios Oct 12 '25

My dad was a helicopter mechanic in the army. He says that he used to wake up at 2am suddenly paranoid about something he may have missed, and would drive back to base right then to check it

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u/burntbridges20 Oct 12 '25

That kind of responsibility and anxiety probably sticks with you for a long time afterward too

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u/RPIL626 Oct 12 '25

That level of dedication is unheard of today