THIS is the moment a helicopter plunged out the sky and crashed into a car after it lost control during a flying lesson.
Dashcam footage shows the Robinson R22 chopper falling to the ground before crash-landing on a road in Australia.
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The trainee pilot and his instructor had been doing a low level flying class when the machine clipped a power pole.
Desperately trying to keep the chopper steady, they then lost control and hurtled to the ground.
Ripping through the trees- the chopper crashed down onto the road onto a car.
The car was left with a massive dent from the impact.
Cops and paramedics rushed to the scene at Bankstown Airport car park on Birch Street about 1.30pm on Friday.
The 62-year-old instructor died at the scene – and the pilot, 19, suffered serious injuries.
He was taken to Liverpool Hospitalwhere he remains in serious condition.
One witness recalled hearing a loud bang and rushing to the scene.
He said: “People start running, running along those with were scared, looking up. Maybe a bomb happened like.”
ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said it was too early to determine who had been operating the helicopter.
He said: “We know that circuit training is generally done at sort of 800 to below 1,000 feet.
“But until we actually have some of that data to verify, I wouldn’t like to speculate at this stage what may have gone wrong.”
Ambulance chief Audie Jousief said the trainee pilot suffered spinal injuries and a broken jaw.
He praised the “bravery” of the people who rendered assistance, saying “they probably helped save his life”.