they still had proof of who they had killed. the other guys from the other squadron were gonna come pick us up. so, we split up from there. the helicopter was inside. even though the pilots thought they could fly it, my boss made the call that we were gonna leave it there. so, we re gonna try to blow the whole thing up so no one can have any of it. the crashed chopper was blown up with a very hot-burning substance that basically will destroy anything in it. it just melts the helicopter down, because it is a classified piece of military equipment with a lot of interesting electronics inside of it. so, they want to make sure they didn t leave anything behind that they don t want people stumbling across. so, we rigged some explosives up, and then we blew that up. helicopter came to get us, and then we got on the helicopter, and we flew out. that was a bit more intense because now we re there. people know something happened. they know helicopters were involved, and now we re trying t
they still had proof of who they had killed. the other guys from the other squadron were gonna come pick us up. so, we split up from there. the helicopter was inside. even though the pilots thought they could fly it, my boss made the call that we were gonna leave it there. so, we re gonna try to blow the whole thing up so no one can have any of it. the crashed chopper was blown up with a very hot-burning substance that basically will destroy anything in it. it just melts the helicopter down, because it is a classified piece of military equipment with a lot of interesting electronics inside of it. so, they want to make sure they didn t leave anything behind that they don t want people stumbling across. so, we rigged some explosives up, and then we blew that up. helicopter came to get us, and then we got on the helicopter, and we flew out. that was a bit more intense because now we re there. people know something happened. they know helicopters were involved, and now we re trying t
any kind of search and rescue. where would you put a helicopter down in these remote mountains of nepal? that s the problem right now. sad story. barbara starr, thank you so much. when we come back, he s not officially declared he s running and all four of chris christie s children have an opinion on whether or not he should. he and his wife tell me what they re all thinking next.
at first reports they re hopeful the pilot may have run into a problem and put the helicopter down in a remote area that hopefully everyone is okay. and they will be rescued at first light. a nearby helicopter flying at the same time reported radio chatter that the american said they d run into fuel problems. this are other reports of spotting the american helicopter in this over our region. an initial air search an hour before darkness fell did not turn up anything. should have been easier to find them. one of the problems is the rough terrain in nepal with these steep high altitude mountains. if the helicopter s on the ground surrounded by mountains, their communications gear may not be working properly. they may not be allowed to get a signal out. that may be what is going. on that is what the pentagon hopes. they ll put helicopters and aircraft back in the air and try
it was at of contact for two hours. apt at that point the pentagon declared the helicopter missing knowing it did not have any fuel left. the question at this hour is this. did the pilot run into a fuel problem and simply put the helicopter down in a remote mountainous area and they cannot get a message out? their communications gear not able to get past the high mountains in nepal or did something more dire happen here. was there some sort of crash. what we do know is there have been several reports of a helicopter seen in the area. they put other aircraft into the air for 90 minutes when those reports first emerged trying to search for it. they did not find it. night fell. they had to call off the air search. it will resume at first light, a short time from now, in nepal. but i can also tell you overnight, members of the nep