Helicopter door found

Posted at 10:47 AM on July 16, 2008 by Bob Collins (6 Comments)

Stand down. The door that fell from a helicopter in the East Metro yesterday has been found, according to the National Guard:

The Minnesota National Guard has located the missing CH-47 "Chinook"
helicopter door that fell during flight yesterday afternoon. The door was found at 9:30 a.m. this morning by a National Guard search party in the vicinity of Lower Afton Road in Maplewood. The door was located in a grassy field near the Maplewood Fire Department. There were no injuries or property damage.

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Comments (6)

I had a comment about this early this morning in the other thread but it ate my comment again. :-(

Posted by Aaron | July 16, 2008 12:18 PM

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That's weird. I saw it there last night (or early this morning, I forget which)

Posted by Bob Collins | July 16, 2008 1:01 PM

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So they're claiming the wind caused the door to fall off? This may sound dumb, but I don't get it? Was the door open (so that the wind would be able to snag it)? What kind of ghetto *** helicopters are they flying?

Posted by Tyler Suter | July 16, 2008 2:29 PM

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so Bob-
did the door fall in your back yard? now that would make an interesting lawn ornament.

there's a cliche in this somewhere....pennies from heaven....when a door closes a window opens...or the window opens and the door falls....maybe not.

Posted by c | July 16, 2008 2:31 PM

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tyler-
that's the joke i was looking for.....
its a 'hoop-di'-copter

Posted by c | July 16, 2008 2:33 PM

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Hahhahhah, exactly

Posted by Tyler Suter | July 16, 2008 3:17 PM

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