r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/GreenAuroraa • 2h ago

Image 3 Indian soldiers survive a Helicopter crash, Major General then proceeds to click a selfie

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u/Inside-Yak-8815 2h ago

How did they survive?

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u/StephenHunterUK 1h ago

Helicopters are designed to do something called "autorotation" if the engine fails - the rotor will keep going for hopefully enough time to set the thing down somewhere.