MC-12, 747 Crash in Afghanistan

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:30 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpv3h6bazXo[/youtube]
http://sofrep.com/20149/mc-12-liberty-d ... ghanistan/
My Air Force buddy was close friends with SSgt. d!ck on the MC-12 and knew several others aboard the 747...weird how close that makes this feel.
The 747 crash video is f*** terrifying.

Fly on good sirs.

Post by **Ace 2.0** » Thu May 02, 2013 7:37 pm

what a shame.
RIP to all on board. my prayers go out to all the families.

Post by **float_6969** » Thu May 02, 2013 8:13 pm

That sucks. What a crappy way to go.

Post by **alms24sebring** » Thu May 02, 2013 8:30 pm

That was difficult.

Post by **PapaSmurf2k3** » Thu May 02, 2013 8:54 pm

Wow I wonder what happened? It looks like it just went into a stall and fell straight to the ground

Post by **BusyBadger** » Thu May 02, 2013 11:43 pm

PapaSmurf2k3 wrote:Wow I wonder what happened? It looks like it just went into a stall and fell straight to the ground

My guess is the load shifted and destabilized the plane beyond the point of recovery.

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Fri May 03, 2013 5:33 pm

Was carrying 5 MRAPS...load shifted to the rear.

Post by **300ZXttZMAN** » Sat May 04, 2013 8:31 am

Damnnnn. That's horrible.

To the 4 brave souls abroad the flight - rest in peace gentlemen.

Post by **Xdisaster240sX** » Sat May 04, 2013 2:15 pm

Load shift. Nothing was secured properly. This sucks just to watch it.

Post by **themadscientist** » Sat May 04, 2013 3:45 pm

I wouldn't want to be the loadmaster responsible for that, but as I suspect that person was on the bird, it's moot at this point.