Afghanistan 747 cargo plane crash

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10029295/Afghanistan-cargo-plane-crash-caught-on-camera.html

We can say shit, btw Or even fvck if that is what you were going fordave123321

crazy how it just exploded from that small fall. i wander what went wrong.

How come you could hear the car engine sounds but not the explosion? Do armored cars drown out sound that much?

Just another day in Afghanistan.

Just another day in Afghanistan.

GrayF0X786

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Just another day in Afghanistan.

comp_atkins

Looks like the load shifted on takeoff. Darthmatt

[QUOTE="Darthmatt"]Looks like the load shifted on takeoff. GrayF0X786

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Just another day in Afghanistan.

GrayF0X786

Its so weird watching it just fall to the ground like that.

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"The Taliban, in a statement, claimed responsibility for the crash, but Natos International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said there were no reports of insurgent activity in or around the base, which is one of the largest in the country. "

That's weird. I never thought a plane would crawl the speed to zero and just fall to the ground like that.

I suspect there's something wrong with the balance and weight of the cargo.

MRAPs in the back were shifted at take off. All that weight goes crashing to the back during the climb and messes up the center of gravity, which is why you see such a steep looking climb. Plane stalls out and comes down. Doesn't matter how good of a pilot you are at that moment, you're too close to the ground to do anything. It's true it was just a cargo plane therefore there weren't as many deaths versus a plane full of troops but it was the loose cargo in the first place that caused the crash. A sad event. Thoughts go out to the families.

I was just talking to a military pilot.  He was telling me that a lot of the cargo planes take very steep take off approaches out of that airport.  The reasoning is to quickly get out of range of any potential ground fire.  Trouble is that with a steep take off your much more likely to stall and cant recover.

I was just talking to a military pilot.  He was telling me that a lot of the cargo planes take very steep take off approaches out of that airport.  The reasoning is to quickly get out of range of any potential ground fire.  Trouble is that with a steep take off your much more likely to stall and cant recover.

sonicare

Except crashes aren't a common occurence. It was either pilot error (which I doubt as the takeoff is the most stressful part of the flight and when the pilot is most aware) or something throwing off the plane's angle of attack, ie cargo.

It isn't the first time a cargo plane crashed at Bagram.

Really tragic.  Feel bad for all involved.  Also doesn't make me feel any better about flying.

We can say shit, btw Or even **** if that is what you were going fordave123321

shit ****

why does it still censor **** for me