we have had a lot of very 'heavy' aircraft leaving DM the past few days heading east...
[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
May 02, 2018, 11:37 AM
Kevbo
It looks like a Puerto Rico ANG 130
I wonder if it was headed there or diverted
Savannah international is a huge airport for the amount of commercial traffic it actually gets because Gulfstream is located there. With Beaufort right across the river and Hunter AAF in Savannah I can think of several times there have been emergency landings there, especially since the approach to Hunter AAF is over a fairly well populated area of Chatham county and Savannah
There is also a Georgia guard wing stationed there, and the coast guard uses it too
Thoughts with the fsmilies of the fallen
——————————————————
If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers?
May 02, 2018, 02:29 PM
PASig
It was a WC-130 (weather version) and headed to Arizona from what I read. May have landed there from PR to refuel?
May 02, 2018, 03:12 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by PASig: It was a WC-130 (weather version) and headed to Arizona from what I read. May have landed there from PR to refuel?
PR to Tucson, yes, but I heard elsewhere that it was making an unscheduled/emergency landing attempt.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
May 02, 2018, 04:21 PM
PD
Tragic. I always felt safe in the 130.
May 02, 2018, 04:21 PM
nhtagmember
oh holy shit...
I am going to have nightmares about that one forever
[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
May 02, 2018, 04:37 PM
ARMT Guy
This happened just down the road from where I work.
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me."
May 02, 2018, 04:48 PM
Ronin1069
I've spent many many hours on C-130's. Never had a concern in the world.
For what it's worth, I don't think the video should have been embedded in this thread.
Personally I had no desire to watch American Service Members spinout into the ground....I was given no choice in that matter.
ETA: Classy Snake, thanks.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Ronin1069,
___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
May 02, 2018, 04:51 PM
Jimbo54
Well, after seeing the video, it's obvious that something catastrophic occurred. To my inexperienced eye that didn't look like a stall.
To the souls on board, R.I.P
Jim
________________________
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird
May 02, 2018, 04:55 PM
TigerDore
What is that black object coming out of the sky from the upper left part of the screen just after the plane crashes and just before the explosion? It appears at the 9-10 mark and seems to dive right into the crash site just before it explodes.
.
May 02, 2018, 04:59 PM
Mars_Attacks
One of the FBW systems could have failed like the one that crashed at Dobbins back in 1993.
____________________________
Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick.
May 02, 2018, 05:04 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore: What is that black object coming out of the sky from the upper left part of the screen just after the plane crashes and just before the explosion? It appears at the 9-10 mark and seems to dive right into the crash site just before it explodes.
A bug.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
May 02, 2018, 05:05 PM
Jimbo54
quote:
Originally posted by Mars_Attacks: One of the FBW systems could have failed like the one that crashed at Dobbins back in 1993.
I know nothing about 'fly by wire' systems, so my question would be, is it common to use them on takeoff?
Jim
________________________
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird