An Mi-8 Helicopter crashing over the core of the Chernobyl reactor in October, 1986

@historyinmemes Did the pilot die?

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes I give his performance a 3.6. Not great but not terrible!

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes 😂😂😂

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes And then did he die?

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes Where is this documented?

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes So that’s a no?

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes Is this the helicopter pilot who died slowly of blood cancer as after effects of radiation injury? I read about one in the past, not sure if he had crashed though.

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes So you are telling me they lived? That’s good. I was worried they might not pull through in that situation. 😜

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes Come on man....

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes The sarcasm … I should not laugh at your comment but….

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes rip

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes However the pilot had mitigated the risk by smothering himself with SPF factor 50 "total block" sunscreen and was thus able to clamber out of the core unscathed. Spoiler: everyone died sooner rather than later. It was the world's worst nuclear accident. Radiation is unforgiving

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes yikes he probably had that "83-day nuclear man" treatment😳

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes I have got so much time for these sort of replies 😂👏🏻

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes so he died.

@SkotiVi @BenjaminCoheny @historyinmemes Reply of the century