# Is it normal for a helicopter crash to have no helicopter?

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [August 3, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995 "2019-08-03T22:32:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/1 "2019-08-03T22:32:23Z")

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So I just booted up the helicopter crash scenario in the latest experimental and for some reason there’s only metal wreckage all over the place. There is no “vehicle” and not even any zombies in it.

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**Author:** ![Profugo\_Barbatus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@Profugo\_Barbatus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Profugo_Barbatus)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/2 "2019-08-04T00:17:14Z")

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Its possible, I’ve encountered a couple. Seems like the entire helicopter disintegrated. As far as I know, the surviving parts are randomized, so its possible to roll “everything dies”

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/3 "2019-08-05T21:47:39Z")

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Man. It’s impressive to survive a helicopter disintegration with relatively minor injuries.

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**Author:** ![ecchi\_squid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ecchi_squid/32/6386_2.png) [@ecchi\_squid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ecchi_squid)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/4 "2019-08-06T02:55:05Z")

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You fell out mid crash.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/5 "2019-08-06T03:23:04Z")

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Yeah, but it’s funnier to imagine it otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Ricky\_Van](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ricky_van/32/4666_2.png) [@Ricky\_Van](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ricky_Van)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/6 "2019-08-06T05:11:58Z")

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to survive a total disintegrated helicopter with minor injuries is very low, around 4% up to 7%.

or maybe the passenger cabin was intact and before crash you managed to lay down on the seat. that possible tho.

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/7 "2019-08-06T23:30:50Z")

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I’m no physicist but i’m pretty sure you’d still be falling at the same rate as the helicopter if you jumped out. its why jumping in a elevator won’t save you (at least if you didn’t extreme strength to counter the inertia)

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**Author:** ![ecchi\_squid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ecchi_squid/32/6386_2.png) [@ecchi\_squid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ecchi_squid)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/8 "2019-08-06T23:44:33Z")

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True, but maybe the pilot managed to pull up enough at the last minute and the explosion was the cause of the debris.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-normal-for-a-helicopter-crash-to-have-no-helicopter/20995/9 "2019-08-07T00:52:22Z")

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> [@ecchi\_squid](#):
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> maybe the pilot managed to pull up enough at the last minute

That’s fairly plausible, actually. Autorotation landings are a thing.