- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 210
By Saeed Ahmed
CNN
(CNN) -- A pilot dragged his passenger to safety and buried him neck-deep in sand to protect him from hypothermia Sunday night after their helicopter crashed in crocodile-infested mudflats in Australia's Northern Territory.
"The pilot thought that in this remote location, nobody would find them. So he buried his friend to try and stop the hypothermia," said Ian Badham, director of CareFlight, the air ambulance service involved in the rescue.
The two friends had gone camping on a remote beach without road access, about 130 km (80 miles) from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin.
While leaving Sunday night, the pair decided to fly their two-seater helicopter over waters that are home to large crocodiles.
"It's an area known for its big saltwater crocodiles," Badham said. "Those things make alligators look like wussies."
Full Story Here
CNN
(CNN) -- A pilot dragged his passenger to safety and buried him neck-deep in sand to protect him from hypothermia Sunday night after their helicopter crashed in crocodile-infested mudflats in Australia's Northern Territory.
"The pilot thought that in this remote location, nobody would find them. So he buried his friend to try and stop the hypothermia," said Ian Badham, director of CareFlight, the air ambulance service involved in the rescue.
The two friends had gone camping on a remote beach without road access, about 130 km (80 miles) from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin.
While leaving Sunday night, the pair decided to fly their two-seater helicopter over waters that are home to large crocodiles.
"It's an area known for its big saltwater crocodiles," Badham said. "Those things make alligators look like wussies."
Full Story Here
