An incredible incident was revealed today (11.04.2025) by the South African Civil Aviation Service, which announced that one penguin caused helicopter on January 19, 2025.
Many have wondered how it is possible for a penguin to cause a helicopter crash with the competent South African service to explain, stressing that The helicopter crew was not injured nor the “protagonist” of the accident.
The small helicopter, which was carrying four people, was flying over the Berd island, off the southeastern coast of South Africa, where there were about 2,000 capes of Akrotiri, a kind of penguin that is in danger of extinction.
After landing, A “expert” asked to carry one of the wedges to the city of Geberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), according to the Civil Aviation report.
The passenger, sitting in the front, left -handed helicopter position, placed the carton with the penguin on his knees And he held it with his hands.
During take -off and while the helicopter was about 15 meters from the ground, The cardboard slide slipped to the right because it was not insured and hit in controls, resulting ina helicopter to the right and fall.
The helicopter suffered serious damage, however no one by them passengers not was injured. Body and harmless the penguin came out.
On social networking sites Users were joking with the episodelinking it to the duties recently announced by US President Donald Trump.
This is because duties were even imposed on isolated, volcanic islands of Antarctica where only penguins and seals, such as the Herd and McDonald, belong to Australia.
«This trade war quickly takes large dimensions“, One user wrote on Twitter.
«Trump was 100%right. These penguins are a problem for global security“, Commented a second.
Authorities’ report concludes that the decision of the helicopter ruler was not in line with the flight regulations because it “caused a dangerous situation” as it did not take care of the safe transport of the bird.