Monday, December 27, 2010

More Failblog than Facebook ...

... with some facepalm thrown in.
Navy personnel did more than a half million dollars' damage to their helicopters while trying to shoot photos for their Facebook page over Lake Tahoe, military investigators revealed.

A report released this week described how ten U.S. Navy crew members narrowly averted disaster when their helicopters accidentally dipped into Lake Tahoe in September while they tried to take photos for the squadron's Facebook page.

Crew members from HSM-41 at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego were returning from an air show in Sacramento when they tried to maneuver their helicopters about 70 feet above the lake to take the Facebook photos.

10 comments:

LifeoftheMind said...

Well look at the bright side. Someone was looking for a Commander slot and one just opened up.

Lobotomized said...

Facebook and youtube - the fastest way to lose your flight status since tailhook 91.

Rotorhead said...

I smell a FNAEB for sure. This is straight out of the "don't do stupid stuff" files (DDSS was an actual acronym in the SH60B NATOPS back around '94). Very, very lucky individuals...although they will feel the pain.
-RH

Former 3364 said...

According to Lex: Done! 

Former 3364 said...

According to Lex (http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/12/27/social-media/): Done!

Salty Gator said...

Awesomeness

Simulationist said...

If, when this was briefed before takeoff, who said with a straight face, "let's while on the cross-country, pull into a hover over lake tahoe to take photos for the squadrons face-book page (with full complements in both birds)
I thought that we ran this kind of stupidity out of LAMPS 5 years ago.

LCDR Ramage said...

SD Union Tribune reported that while the pilots lost their flight status, no disciplinary measures were brought against them. Is this true? How can that be the only punishment they get?

LCDR Ramage said...

SD Union Tribune reported that while the pilots lost their flight status, no disciplinary measures were brought against them. Is this true? How can that be the only punishment they get?

Simulationist said...

If they truly lost flight status, i.e. permanently, that means FNAEB,  fairly serious.  If only temporary loss while the invesitigation was in process, doesn't mean anything.