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What an incredible picture.
Hopefully there are no fatalities.
- posted 16 years ago
What an incredible picture.
Hopefully there are no fatalities.
C-5 crash, with pictures
What an incredible picture.
Hopefully there are no fatalities.
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- posted 16 years ago
Funny, they state in the article that it was unknown whether or not the A/C
was carrying any cargo. Yet, if you look at the picture you can see a full
pallet of cargo between the cockpit and fuselage.
- posted 16 years ago
Reportedly here, no casualties, only injuries.
- posted 16 years ago
There's supposed to be streaming video at 6abc.com. That's a
Philadelphia TV station. I have dial-up so streaming video is glacial.
No fatalities. Some passengers have been treated and released already.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
- posted 16 years ago
Given that it was non-fatal (and therefore non-gruesome), people will
be having a field day with all the photos, trying to make an exact
diorama of the event.
- posted 16 years ago
the article says no fatalities and there were 17 on board.
that is one tough aircraft, too. it kept it's people alive
despite and obviously very violent crash.
- posted 16 years ago
I was pretty impressed that there wasn't any fire, given the reports of
personel being "drenched in jet fuel" and having to be decontaminated.
- posted 16 years ago
"Enzo Matrix" wrote in news:L6-dnYXjGuCrq6zZRVn-
snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
When I saw the picture this morning on a hunch I said, no fatalities. I am very pleased to see my hunch pay off. What a ride that must have been. They should all go buy lottery tickets tonite.
Frank
When I saw the picture this morning on a hunch I said, no fatalities. I am very pleased to see my hunch pay off. What a ride that must have been. They should all go buy lottery tickets tonite.
Frank
- posted 16 years ago
I think they've already used up more than their share of good
luck for a while to come!
I read one account that said the aircraft's nose was unusually high on approach and that the tail hit first - another report that there was a problem with the number two engine makes me wonder if it lost power and stalled just before touching down. IAC I'm amazed that with a full load of fuel it didn't explode and burn.
I read one account that said the aircraft's nose was unusually high on approach and that the tail hit first - another report that there was a problem with the number two engine makes me wonder if it lost power and stalled just before touching down. IAC I'm amazed that with a full load of fuel it didn't explode and burn.
- posted 16 years ago
sometimes the dice roll right. bet there were some people
kissing the ground and changing underware.
- posted 16 years ago
What I heard on CNN, after many CNN repeats of the story with much
newscaster guessing, was that they had just taken off from Dover AFB and
the crew reported an in-flight emergency due to a flame out in one of
the engines. After requesting an emergency return and landing, they
apparently fell short of the runway. It was indeed fortunate that they
were flying slow and low at the time.
- posted 16 years ago
Yeah, like the civilian who was driving down the road (Rt.9, IIRC) along
the edge of the field. After he peed himself he called 9-1-1.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
- posted 16 years ago
Generally C-5 don't take off with a 'full' fuel load. They meet a
tanker and top off. This helps keep the takeoff weight down and puts
less stress on the airframe.
My many years working C-5 logistics has me wondering why it crashed. Many a time we had C-5s land with an engine out or some other mechanical problem that forced it to sit taking up space until a maintenence team could come in and do the repair, or it would leave empty and ferry flight to a larger more equiped facility. Given the location of the tail, I believe there is more that the investigation will reveil.
I once participated in a crash investigation to look at the cargo, and what role it might have played. Luckily everything was packed properly and the pallets and nets worked as designed. No unrestraind or shifting cargo occurred during the crash. Can't say the plane did as well.
My many years working C-5 logistics has me wondering why it crashed. Many a time we had C-5s land with an engine out or some other mechanical problem that forced it to sit taking up space until a maintenence team could come in and do the repair, or it would leave empty and ferry flight to a larger more equiped facility. Given the location of the tail, I believe there is more that the investigation will reveil.
I once participated in a crash investigation to look at the cargo, and what role it might have played. Luckily everything was packed properly and the pallets and nets worked as designed. No unrestraind or shifting cargo occurred during the crash. Can't say the plane did as well.
- posted 16 years ago
that's the way to do it. have the nervous breakdown after
the crisis.
- posted 16 years ago
This accident reminds me of the first Vietnam war-time C-5 crash which
killed hundred of Amerasian orphans on their way to freedom. A manned
VC's SA-7 anti-aircraft missile shot it sown right at the vicinity of
Tan-Son-Nhat airport while it was taking-off. The rear crew door at the
fuselage below the tail blew off. Ironically, I was called on duty with
my platoon at that moment to search for the source of that missile. We
found it was fired on a small sampan anchored right below Saigon
New-Port bridge which was almost 8 miles away. This one is lucky enough
to be survived on board. Happy ending anyway.
Jimmy Tai Tang snipped-for-privacy@verizon.net
Jimmy Tai Tang snipped-for-privacy@verizon.net
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