Qantas744ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1251 posts, RR: 4 Posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 15877 times:
Yesterday in Italy on the 13th of August a algerian cargo C-130 Crashed, in Piacenza killing all 3 Pilots on board. The plane was heading from Algeria to Frankfurt, Germany.
Shortly before the crash the pilot told MXP's ATC he lost engine power, but he did a great job avoiding any houses, and then crashed in a field. The aircraft was fully destroyed on impact. Nobody on the ground was killed. A eye witness reported seeing fire from the plane shortly before impact.
Heres from Italy's news paper corriere del la sera. Sorry only in italian.
Well, you always have to take carefully those "pilot-hero" statements from the news... the wreck is scattered over an area of several miles, and there is a big crater on the main impact site, looks like the airplane was falling apart before impact and then crashed out of control. It is more likely that those poor souls onboard had no chance of directing the flight anywhere in its final moments...
If God had wanted men to fly he would have given them more money...
Piercey From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 2233 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 13179 times:
Quoting Curlyheadboy (Reply 2):
Well, you always have to take carefully those "pilot-hero" statements from the news... the wreck is scattered over an area of several miles, and there is a big crater on the main impact site, looks like the airplane was falling apart before impact and then crashed out of control. It is more likely that those poor souls onboard had no chance of directing the flight anywhere in its final moments...
agreed. Probably engine exploded, took the wing with it.
RIP
Well I believe it all is coming to an end. Oh well, I guess we are gonna pretend.
Luxair From Luxembourg, joined Jan 2001, 743 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 12691 times:
May they RIP
I ask myself what could realy happened cos I think those Hercules are real workhorses and very robust so what could a plane like that take out of the air? Engine explosion & ripp off the wing sounds for me unlikely but I could be wrong!
That Aircraft is a like a flying tank! There must be a chain of incidents before taking the Hercules down!
DavestanKSAN From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1678 posts, RR: 15 Reply 6, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 9044 times:
really sad to hear. May the pilots RIP. Thoughts are with their families.
Dave
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Lufthansi From Germany, joined May 2002, 454 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 8989 times:
Oh that's very sad! Just a couple of weeks ago I took some photos of this nice aircraft. It was very interesting to see. They parked right next to me while I was waiting for my TAM A330 coming in behind. I was impressed by this one as I have never seen one in real. My thoughts to the families who lost their beloved members.
JLDWC From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 35 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 8852 times:
Very sad. Not of fan of C130's myself. I wonder if they were navigating with a range rover again???
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8552 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 8351 times:
May the pilots RIP. My condolences go out to their families.
CptSpeaking From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 639 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 5543 times:
Well, you always have to take carefully those "pilot-hero" statements from the news... the wreck is scattered over an area of several miles, and there is a big crater on the main impact site, looks like the airplane was falling apart before impact and then crashed out of control. It is more likely that those poor souls onboard had no chance of directing the flight anywhere in its final moments...
agreed. Probably engine exploded, took the wing with it.
No offense, but how do you come to that conclusion from this:
Quoting Qantas744ER (Thread starter): Shortly before the crash the pilot told MXP's ATC he lost engine power,
Regardless, my prayers are with the families of these airmen.
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