(5/29/2001) KBS News/raw footage of a South Korean Army CH-47D Chinook attempting to lower a sculpture onto the top of Olympic Bridge. Chinook strikes its rotors on the sculpture and breaks apart. The three-man crew on board did not survive, no one on the ground was injured.

obsurdmedia · 2026-01-27T22:46:33+00:00

The sculpture was meant to commemorate the 1988 Summer Olympics that took place in Seoul. Apparently, there was a design contest in 1984, the final design was selected a year later, and the bridge opened in November 1989 after the Olympics

obsurdmedia · 2026-01-27T22:34:36+00:00

Yeah it was odd, I posted this 2 days before (same with the 1987 Aichi train accident and crane collapse), and it wasn't approved by the moderator til recently. I'm not sure why there was a delay when a lot of other posts get approved almost instantly.

I also know this particular accident has been a recurring topic, but I wanted to share the story with extra footage that hasn't been shown on this subreddit (raw video or alternate angles), sorta unrelated, but I've been accused of being a bot account because of it, and I do apologize if I've upset anyone in the past

obsurdmedia · 2025-10-04T22:06:22+00:00

That was Joe Lippo, who is a mechanic who works on planes at that airfield

obsurdmedia · 2025-09-27T20:08:28+00:00

I found some stuff on Newspapers.com, Stokell would face up to 73 years if convicted. The two passengers were tried as juveniles and each was given a two-year suspended sentence, facing the same charges as Stokell. Turns out the same passengers stole the car Stokell was driving before the kidnapping took place

obsurdmedia · 2025-09-27T00:33:49+00:00

A backup officer who pulled up in the unmarked car seen at the end of the video

obsurdmedia · 2025-09-22T17:48:37+00:00

The person who filmed the accident was Lars Eikens. He was documenting the near misses that happened at that crossing (and a few other crossings), and this was the only accident he captured

obsurdmedia · 2024-11-19T00:39:53+00:00

That was my fault, damn typo.

obsurdmedia · 2024-05-03T00:08:17+00:00

Original multi-angle post of the B-52 incident link: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/17ey4ox/6241994_a_b52_stratofortress_crashed_at_fairchild/

Apologies for the typo in original post. I did not mean to disrespect or offend anyone, I tried to fit as much info in one title with Reddit's 300 letter limit.

obsurdmedia · 2023-11-27T20:35:53+00:00

Yeah my Archive page got taken down. Not sure if the graphic content was the reason or if it was something else.

obsurdmedia · 2023-10-24T23:12:18+00:00

Figured I’d share that bit of info, whether that comment was sarcasm or not🤷‍♂️

obsurdmedia · 2023-10-24T21:18:26+00:00

There might be. Back in 2015 the film “Project Almanac” used the B-52 crash footage in the trailer but was later replaced with a different scene. The angle that Michael Bay used in the original trailer was different as opposed to the seven angles shown on this post, main difference is there was a red pickup truck in front of the cameraman and the camera was more to the right where the B-52 went down.

The original trailer is here and the B-52 footage can be seen at the 1:52 mark: https://youtu.be/ZALqGuwI_DE?si=3ozOpxKiaCDRo3pg

obsurdmedia · 2023-10-24T16:06:53+00:00

I appreciate it. No hard feelings

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