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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLifeboat fail? I call it a win!
http://gcaptain.com/watch-lifeboat-launch-fail-leads-perfect-front-flip/
Unfortunately we dont have any info about this video whatsoever except that we can see it was filmed onboard a Chinese-flagged ship and, yes, it actually does look like someone went along for the ride.
Unfortunately we dont have any info about this video whatsoever except that we can see it was filmed onboard a Chinese-flagged ship and, yes, it actually does look like someone went along for the ride.
For contrast, another lifeboat test drop (more conventional) :
I love this shit!
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Lifeboat fail? I call it a win! (Original Post)
Cooley Hurd
Oct 2014
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madokie
(51,076 posts)1. I don't think I'd want to be in either one
without being tied in and my life at stake at that. damn sure not as a trial run
I think I heard a Holee shit from one of the people not seen in the first video
ETA: why did this make me laugh
out loud even
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. I think the first one requires an 'E' ticket
madokie
(51,076 posts)3. I"m still laughing
What did they expect anyway
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. It looks like they misjudged the angle
But even if they got it right, that sucker was still going to take a hell of a bounce!
madokie
(51,076 posts)5. I guarantee you if that person who was in the first one
wasn't tied down he shit his pants and came out of that bloodied and bruised. Holee shit the man said, in chinese even LOL
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)9. They were expecting the results of the second video.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)7. Double E. And we are showing our age.
hunter
(38,310 posts)6. Seatbelts required.
Oh My!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)8. Barf bags and head gear must be mandatory.......
wish we could have heard the audio inside.