Video of hot-dogging American chopper pilot totaling his AH-64 Apache goes viral (VIDEO)
This crash happened over a month ago but video has just been released. According to IASF "no one on the ground was injured and both members of the aircrew survived". Which is...amazing...when you see the video.
From Huffington Post:
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No, it's not the latest "Rambo" movie, but rather, an amateur video on YouTube that shows a military aerial show gone wrong.
The dramatic, albeit brief, video allegedly shows an AH-64 Army helicopter sprinting toward the clouds, appearing to scrape its belly on a nearby building. The Apache helicopter then comes plummeting back to earth like a kid losing control off a bicycle ramp -- except in this case, it's a $20 million bike and the snows of Afghanistan as the crash site.
Stars and Stripes first posted about the video on Wednesday, writing that International Security Assistance Force officials said the video appeared to be real, showing "a crash which occurred in Paktika province on Feb. 6, although they are still investigating who filmed and posted the clip."
Psst! Air is thinner in the mountains. Pull back sooner.
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