How to fake a helicopter crash
Behind-the-scenes clip reveals how the Casualty team created an air ambulance crash sequence.
UK soap opera Casualty celebrated its 30th anniversary by airing an episode on the BBC in which an air ambulance crashed into the famous TV hospital. This behind-the-scenes clip reveals how the Casualty team created the spectacular helicopter crash sequence.
The show is the longest running medical drama in the world and follows the lives of nurses and doctors in the fictional Holby City Hospital’s accident and emergency department. The 30th anniversary special featured a story line that saw an air ambulance carrying patients to the hospital crash into the side of the building after an in-air collision with a drone.