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WATCH US Military Drop Humvee a Mile Short of Designated Area

© REUTERS / Gleb GaranichUkrainian servicemen take part in a welcome ceremony for first plane from United State with non-lethal aid including ten Humvee vehicles to Ukraine at Borispol airport near Kiev, March 25, 2015.
Ukrainian servicemen take part in a welcome ceremony for first plane from United State with non-lethal aid including ten Humvee vehicles to Ukraine at Borispol airport near Kiev, March 25, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The US military is investigating an accident involving a Humvee armored car during a test drop in North Carolina.

A video published online shows a US military transport plane dropping a Humvee a mile away from the intended drop zone at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Military.com reported.

"They were going in for a time-on-target on Sicily Drop Zone at 1 p.m. Everything was going well; they were at the one-minute mark to the drop zone," base spokesman Tom McCollum said.

"We don't know what happened, but the platform went out early and landed in a rural area. There was no one hurt. No private property was damaged," he added.

The Airborne and Special operations Test Directorate was testing a new heavy-drop platform loaded with a Humvee.

According to Miliary.com, no one was hurt during the accident which is currently being investigated.

A similar mishap happened during an April 2016 drill by the US 173 Airborne Brigade in Germany, when three Humvee vehicles came loose from their heavy-drop platforms and crashed onto a designated drop area.

READ MORE: WATCH: Charges, Reprimand Brought from Botched 2016 Humvee Drop

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