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http://www.ksl.com/?sid=39628019&ni...helicopter-nearly-crashes-pilot-saves-the-day

SALT LAKE CITY — In the past five years, the Utah High Patrol has had roughly 500 rescues or recoveries across Utah. They happen high in the mountains, down in the desert and sometimes on very precarious land formations. But last fall, a routine recovery nearly took the lives of seven rescuers.

Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=36477809

It happened in a matter of seconds.

Cellphone video from two different cameras, shows the helicopter blades catch onto an orange safety rope.

The rope isn't cut, but rather caught, and pulled by the blade.

If that rope had made a full rotation, it would have wrapped itself around the main rotor and led to disaster.

Instead, an almost impossible pitch and catch to the tail took place.

Even still, the rope caused major damage to the StarFlex, a piece of equipment on the main rotor.

"It literally snapped in half. It snapped completely off," Harrison said.

"My first thought was, I need to crash this helicopter.

I had no idea if the helicopter was going to fly for more than a few seconds at that point."

The video is proving it did.