It keeps being referred to as cargo but the cargo on this plane are tanks that total 16 TONS. A few commenters explained what happened on the original post: Investigators sifting through the wreckage of a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan on April 29 have found that several of the straps used to tie down the 16-ton MRAP fighting vehicles broke after takeoff. This has led to speculation that the massive armored vehicles shifted shortly after the civilian cargo plane took off from Bagram air base, sending it careering out of control. Seven American crew members, all civilian employees of National Air Cargo, were killed in the crash. A passing motorist captured dramatic video of the plane plummeting to Earth on a dashboard camera. Like 27 Certifying load plans is like a complex jig-saw puzzle, and requires 3 signatures to verify. The load planner, the load master, and the boon operator. For something like this to happen multiple people must have failed at their job, and yes things like this can, and do happen if a load shifts even slightly. Even the best pilot in the world, flying the most powerful cargo plane couldnt save it. - Like · 3 This video is tragic. Discretion advised.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:02:21 +0000
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