A thudding jar went through the ship.
"What 'appened?" Mercedes screamed in fear.
With a snarling crash of breaking metal, one of the helicopter blades
was yanked from its mounting above them.
Parker had the dazed impression that he saw the big blade jerked away
through the air. Then, like a leaf suddenly caught in a violent
hurricane, the helicopter began to turn flip-flops in the air.
"Do somesing!" Mercedes cried.
As the ship jumped and began to yaw, she was thrown across the cabin.
Jerking, buckling, jumping, twisting, the big helicopter lurched its way
toward the surface of the sea below. Cutting the power, Parker leaped
from his seat. He knew what was going to happen. He intended to try and
be ready for it.
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