Originally Posted by
megan
Crikey, when you watch that video you can see that as well as the main gear, they were actually holding onto the nose gear doors, some may have been in the wheel wells.... wasn't obvious when run at normal speed.
Horrific - but no question you'd have to make some rapid military decisions on the flight deck and go regardless of the consequences.
Do C-17s have external cameras that look back at the airframe from the wings?
Tried to google - but unclear.
Assume that the Apaches would be telling the crew they had people hanging off the jet.