t least five people were killed, and 10 others injured on Friday, when aid packages air dropped from the sky fell on them in the Al Shati camp west of Gaza City, according to a journalist on the scene who witnessed the incident.
  • MaXimus421@lemmy.world
    368·
    9 months ago

    The very idea of this happening is so ridiculous that I almost don’t believe it. It’s like some Looney Toons shit.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.world
      16·
      9 months ago

      I suppose dropping humanitarian aid is kind of like dropping bombs without the boomy bits, so I can definitely believe it. The bigger issue is that the only effective way to get aid in is air dropping. If a certain country would be a little more sensible, the logistics could be easier.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I’ve been trying very hard not to think about the “sonic got killed by an extra life box” bit and be more serious about this

  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    292·
    9 months ago

    Aren’t airdrops parachuted in? I’m not trying to be a dick, but people didn’t have time to move out of the way?

    • Jamil@lemm.ee
      42·
      9 months ago

      The chutes didn’t open. There’s video. Having a heavy pallet crash through your roof can cause death. We’re talking maybe half the weight of a car, traveling at faster than freeway speed.

      • MaXimus421@lemmy.world
        72·
        9 months ago

        And I still struggle to belive that drop found it’s “target”. It’s so stupid.

      • babboa@lemmy.world
        4·
        8 months ago

        Even the ones where the chutes deployed have to be still carrying a decent amount of energy given the speed they appeared to be dropping in the video I saw. Given the number of folks running to try to get to them I’m surprised MORE weren’t injured.

      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
        411·
        9 months ago

        In a video obtained by CNN on Friday, an airdrop goes wrong when the parachute on a pallet malfunctions. The pallet and its contents can be seen falling at a high speed towards a residential building near the Fairoz Towers in western Gaza.

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        201·
        9 months ago

        If it’s what I imagine to be massive pallets of equipment, people could wrongly be under the impression that these drops will float down like feathers when in reality they’re like a low-speed automobile collision. So as they approach the ground their speed and drift may catch some off-guard.

        Additionally as the article points out, some drops have broken apart or their parachutes do not deploy.