Just 15 seconds passed between the distress call and the dusty, clunky landing on the rocky countryside of Afghanistan.
In that time, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joseph Abshier had to cut off fuel and release a suppressant into flaming engines to prevent a mid-air explosion as his CH-47 Chinook helicopter fell from 1,500 feet above the foreign terrain.
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Without power, the aircraft could fall at 3,000 feet a minute.
1500' in 15 Seconds = 100'/sec = 6,000'/min
