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[–] Astromachine ago 

I wonder if it was a remote detonated IED. The spot where they are landing looks to be a natural clearing, or maybe even a prepared spot. They land, you wait for them to exit so they're the most exposed, and trigger it. If you're in the dense jungle it shouldn't be too hard to figure out where the most likely places a helicopter could land.

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[–] poopbutt ago 

Yes that seems quite possible actually. I can't really say how viable it would be to find possible helicopter landing zones and rig them beforehand in that area, but if, say, the spot is pretty remarkable and has been known to be used as an LZ before, it seems plausible that someone could figure out to plant an IED there eventually.

The explosion itself (both in visual appearance and destruction) certainly looks a lot like a buried IED.