Video shows CH-53 dropping a CH-47 helicopter over Afghanistan. No, this is not the new way the U.S. is bombing Taliban.

July 19, 2012 Helicopters

This video shows a CH-53E dropping the wreckage of an external CH-47 Chinook in Afghanistan after it began to swing out of control. The pilot had to cut the rope-suspended cargo when he realised it was not stabilized and was threatening the safety of his own chopper.

The dropped helicopter misses a building by a few yards.

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David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.