Posted on 10/24/2018 4:01:56 PM PDT by Gamecock
CAMERON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A C-17 military plane dropped a Humvee prematurely over a neighborhood in Harnett County Wednesday afternoon, Fort Bragg officials confirmed.
No one was injured.
The neighborhood is in the town of Cameron. This incident occurred around 1 p.m. during a training exercise.
"A load of some kind was released early and we're looking into how it happened," said Michael Novogradac, a spokesman for the USArmy's Operational Test Command.
The C-17 aircraft carries supplies and equipment into war zones and, on Wednesday, the special operations team was practicing that type of scenario when the accident happened.
Only two items were aboard the aircraft, which was flying at about 1,500 feet in altitude -- the Humvee and a new heavy drop platform.
About a mile from the drop zone at Fort Bragg, the platform went out the back of the C-17.
"Everything went as planned except for the early release," said Fort Bragg spokesperson Tom McCollum.
The three parachutes attached to the Humvee deployed properly.
The C-17 Globemaster III was from the 437th airlift wing based at Joint Base Charleston
The incident is under investigation.
That movie gets funnier with every year that passes.
That’s what she said...
Then turned it in.
Eventually.
WKRP Turkey Drop "As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4
Joke. Taken as such. P.S.- screw the dems if they can’t handle a little drstructive criticism.
CC
Hey guys if you want to drop an M1 Abrams in my yard I’ll give you the co-ordinates.
As I say, I’d heard about a nuke being dropped on America “by accident” long before this 2013 article (written to hype “his exclusive find”)
But maybe I am confusing that with some earlier event.
I hope you did not think I was ranting against you in any way. I was going off about Schlosser and his leftism.
The incident you heard about was most likely the one in North Carolina. We have had many accidents around the world while fighting the Cold War and especially during operation Chrome Dome, the 24/7/364 airborne alert that was a hallmark of Strategic Air Command for several years.
...pennies from heaven...
the Bedford incident comes to mind...
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