Comment by linksnapzz

Heh...I actually knew about this.

A friend's cousin was a CH-53 pilot out of MCAS Miramar. One day, he was telling us, someone didn't properly secure one of the (chairs? racks? don't know the rotorcraft term...)in the cargo hold. The doors were open, and they were flying above the desert at a few thousand feet when...one of the aluminum & webbing chairs got sucked out the window and hit a rotor.

The number & intensity of the warning lights in the cockpit, and the accompanying alarms when that happens is pretty spectacular. The pilot knows right away.