Missile falls off Army helicopter,
homes evacuated in Texas

Army, drone, helicopter, hellfire missile, missile falls from helicopter, UAV

Subscribe to Brasscheck TV   Absolutely free Every time we post a new video, we'll send you a notice by e-mail. First Name: E-mail address: Enter your first name and e-mail and press subscribe

Home

More videos like this

Training warhead missile falls out of Apache helicopter and lands near playing children

By Hannah Rand
Daily Mail Online

The inhabitants of Killeen, Texas, should be relieved that the U.S. army doesn't routinely fly with loaded missiles.

The six-foot-long, 100 pound ammunition accidentally fell out of an Apache AH-64 helicopter that was flying near the town.

The missile landed in the field behind the home of Kenton Davis, a former soldier, whose children were playing outside at the time.

'I think I broke half of it trying to pull it out until I realised what it was when I lifted it up and read the bottom of it,' Mr Davis told MyFoxAustin.

Fortunately, this errant missile had neither a warhead nor a propulsion system and was a training device, a M-36 Captive Flight missile.

Continue reading here