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Plane falls and blasts in the Bagram airfield

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Clutch, Apr 30, 2013.

  1. rocketsjudoka

    rocketsjudoka Contributing Member
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    Since it is at Bagram Airbase it might not be an Afghan recording.

    Horrible situation and RIP to the crew.
     
  2. Yonkers

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    Yeah, I'm feeling a little sorrier for the people who died because he didn't strap it down properly.
     
  3. BetterThanI

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    This. Though you never know: he could have done his job properly and a strap/support/whatever gave way. Could be nobody's error, just a terrible accident.
     
  4. gnozahs

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    Looks like they tried to climb too fast, thus losing lift on the wings, and then causing it to stall in mid air. The rest is history as they do not have enough room under them to try to gain some speed to get lift again.
     
  5. Uprising

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    You see the size of the explosion? They are full of fuel. Cargo shifted, nose pointed to far up. Not enough air traveling over the wings... Leads to a stall. No altitude to fight stall to gain air speed.

    Sad.
     
  6. BrieflySpeaking

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    Yeaaaah, I thought about the large explosion shortly after. And, yeah, I realized they had gone in a stall, but doesn't mean stalls only happen in accidents.

    Sucks that they cargo shifted, kinda make you wonder if what they had was too heavy to begin with.
     
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    Doubtful. It was some large military vehicles. Most likely shifted backwards for some reason
     
  8. heypartner

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    all I meant was your explanation mentioned the cargo shifting, but the "TL:DR" reddit that you posting didn't. I suppose someone else at reddit did. apologies if i offended reddit...lols
     

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