The aircraft was the main act during the summer opening of a 1,300ft-long, 376ft-high suspension walkway connecting a Roman fortress with a 700-year-old castle in Reutte, a town in the mountainous western Austrian state of Tyrol.
Amateur footage shows the Bell AH-1 Cobra, a helicopter of Vietnam War fame, hovering a few feet above the tarmac at the private-use Reutte-Hoefen Airport.
Instead of going down vertically as it lands, the helicopter moves sideways towards the terminal building.
The giant rotor blades then hit the side of the building with a terrifying clatter.
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