This happens quite often on Drex's Dynamic DCS server to myself and many others. This has also happened in single player with a few units and a cargo box.
In Dynamic DCS server, upon creating a crate, trying to hook a crate can sometimes yield 1 of 2 scenarios:
1) hook flies around crate, but will not connect
2) complete game lockup
Here is a crash file from one of many complete game lockups:
# -------------- 20180522-001811 --------------
g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll
# C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at EC1B579E 00:00000000
00000000 00000000 0000:00000000
EC1B579E 002BED50 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll ?route_gates_set_current_point@visual_helpers@@YAXAEBV?$basic_string@D@ed@@I@Z()+3183E
EC193E5D 002BED90 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll ?route_gates_set_current_point@visual_helpers@@YAXAEBV?$basic_string@D@ed@@I@Z()+FEFD
EC193CF7 002BEDD0 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll ?route_gates_set_current_point@visual_helpers@@YAXAEBV?$basic_string@D@ed@@I@Z()+FD97
EC1AA38F 002BEE10 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll ?route_gates_set_current_point@visual_helpers@@YAXAEBV?$basic_string@D@ed@@I@Z()+2642F
EC0ECF2E 002BEE40 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\WorldGeneral.dll ?has_attribute@wAttributeOwner@@QEBA_NH@Z()+F6E
F0A2DA93 002BEEC0 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\World.dll
F0A2E041 002BEF20 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\World.dll
3FAA5256 002BEF90 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe
3FAB62F5 002BEFF0 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe
3F71A44B 002BF020 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe
3F71C09E 002BF780 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe
3FC38383 002BF7C0 0000:00000000 g:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe
770C59ED 002BF7F0 0000:00000000 C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk()+D
772FB371 002BF840 0000:00000000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart()+21
Please help. Lifting external crates in the Mi8 in DCS is actually incredibly fun and rewarding when it works - we just need this fixed. dcs.20180522-001811.trk dcs.log-20180522-001811.zip