Originally Posted by
JohnDixson
Re the video:
In one picture there is a good shot of the sling load on the ground with the sling attached to the hook, and there is another line from the load heading off toward the left main gear ( cannot tell if it actually goes that far ).
In another picture of the aftermath, that second line is missing.
Comment?
That's only the shadow cast on the ground of the line attached to the hook. You never attach more than one ring on the hook. If you need to carry multiple loads they get connected to a strop which is connected to the hook by one properly sized ring.
I see nothing remarkable in that video, other than all the bits and pieces of helicopter scattered in every which direction from which they were previously properly attached.