A USAF CV-22 Osprey was caught on camera accidentally destroying the helipad at Addenbrooks Hospital in Cambridge, UK during a training mission earlier this week:
USAF CV-22 Osprey 10-0052 Carrying out an impressive dirt landing at Addenbrooks Hospital before totally destroying the helipad with the rotor wash. So impressive getting this close up. #avgeek #aviation #planespotting
VIDEO: https://t.co/HUX9WifTnX pic.twitter.com/H13BEIic9c— Elliot Langran (@planespotter19) April 21, 2021
WATCH:
Air ambulances unable to land at Addenbrooke's Hospital after helipad destroyed. (Video by Trailspotter)https://t.co/DLFItw5B3P pic.twitter.com/H9T2xCogcQ
— ITV News Anglia (@itvanglia) April 22, 2021
And here’s the footage from a different angle:
Needless to say, the “helipad is currently out of use”:
"The helipad is currently out of use after it was wrecked during a training exercise by the US Air Force." https://t.co/ZEGFNnzvbL
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) April 22, 2021
And the Air Force is “taking steps to rectify as soon as possible”:
Maj Keavy Rake, from the USAF 48th Fighter Wing [whose training exercise wrecked the helipad], said: “The area was surveyed according to our policies and procedures and some damage did occur.
"We are taking steps to rectify as soon as possible.” https://t.co/S0xAPVbiyq
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 22, 2021
Whoops?
Sorry about that, old chaps. Sometimes we don't know our own strength. ?? https://t.co/15yBvRcZsj
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) April 22, 2021
Thankfully none of the debris took out the aircraft:
"My biggest fear was the helicopter. The worry was if the debris went above the rotor it could have damaged the aircraft or, worse, the people. I’ve been all over the world, but I’ve never seen anything like this." — @planespotter19 https://t.co/wlHbr7QQFP
— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) April 22, 2021
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