Firefighting become a full-on nightmare in France, the place a helicopter went down whereas scooping water to douse a forest blaze … and somebody caught the catastrophe on digicam.

The crash went down Sunday night, when a Morane chopper from the Finistère fireplace division dipped method too low into Rosporden Lake whereas refilling. That is when one thing apparently went haywire within the cockpit, and the plane spun uncontrolled.

Just a few dizzying spins later, it plunged into the water with no less than one of many chopper’s blades snapping off!

Fortunately, the pilot and firefighter on board made it out, swam to shore, and walked away — nobody acquired harm.

A witness mentioned they truthfully thought the factor was about to blow up and shatter into items.

The chopper had already made 27 water drops occasions to battle a 10-hectare blaze in Beuzec-Cap-Sizun. Now, authorities are digging into precisely what made it hit the water and crash.