Awesome Accidents

After these Christmas decorations were set up in London, England, strong winds took hold of some of the giant metallic baubles decorating Tottenham Court Road, and the balls went rolling down the street, resulting in a wonderfully surreal scene. We half expected the music from Katamari Damacy to start playing.

Footage from a Discovery program which documented the Piasecki PA97 Helistat, an experimental logging blimp, which used an ungainly configuration of four helicopters to lift it off the ground. Just looking at the thing, it seemed like a bad idea… and it was.

Multiple transformers exploding was quite a sight but Huw Griffiths saw an electrical fireball up close as it blasted through a powerline in his Montreal neighborhood. Maybe we can harness this power to punish vertical video takers now.

Remember that scene in Transformers 2 with the parachute? No? We don’t blame you. Well as with most things, actually opening your chute too early is a bit more jarring in real life.  The goods are at the 27s mark.

One very lucky (and skilled) motorcycle rider came inches from being thrown from his bike by a flying mattress that wasn’t tied down properly. This is why we avoid such junk trucks like the plague.

What do helicopters and washing machines have in common? Under the right circumstances, both can shake themselves to pieces. In this case it’s due to a condition called ground resonance.

Ever had your groin kicked, or perhaps hit by a ball? Hurt like hell right? Imagine how wingsuit flyer Jeb Corliss felt when he hit a mountain while flying at 120mph. Get well soon, Jeb.

Igor Kuser was practicing spiral landings with a parachute. Someone told him to practice doing it over a lake. Now he knows why. Fortunately he only got knocked out for a few seconds and is okay.

Come visit us at Beto Carrero World and be amazed by our motorcycle stunt duo! Watch them wrestle while their bikes pull off donuts on their own! See them cartwheel through the air – oh wait.

Rubbing is racing. That is until a tire is rubbing the top of your helmet. It’s what almost happened to Helio Castroneves when fellow IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan’s brakes went out at 180mph.

It was a major miracle that no one was injured in an accident in Rockwall, Texas, as an 18-wheeler driver lost control of the rig, which swept across the highway into a cop cruiser and two other cars.

It’s funny what can happen during a simple game of HORSE, especially when you’re trying to one-up your buddies like this guy. After all that, in classic dude fashion, he only wants to know if it went in.

The following posters precisely depict what might happen if you take it upon yourself to forget your common sense while performing manual or machine labor. TA needs these now. (Thanks S!)