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Nightmare: stretcher under helicopter going into uncontrollable spin
Helicopter rescue spins out of control - with woman in stretcher
A 75-year-old injured hiker was being lifted in a stretcher when it began to spin at high speed in the US state of Arizona.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-48535199/helicopter-rescue-spins-out-of-control-with-woman-in-stretcher
A 75-year-old injured hiker was being lifted in a stretcher when it began to spin at high speed in the US state of Arizona.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-48535199/helicopter-rescue-spins-out-of-control-with-woman-in-stretcher
Video at link. The rate she was spinning at is incredible; it says she's being treated for 'dizziness and nausea', but it wouldn't have surprised me if she blacked out - which would be a mercy.
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I don't understand that. Did someone let go of the line? Did it break? I think they should have lowered her back to the crew on the ground and started over! 
