kazim786 From UK - England, joined Apr 2011, 38 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 17549 times:
Not sure if this hasn't been posted, couldn't find anything about it.
A Transall C-160 was coming into land, but came down a tad bit too low and touchdown on a road that passed by the runway. The aircraft narrowly missed the planespotters that were standing to take pictures of what they thought would be a normal landing. Check out the article, it has a video at the end.
Crowd of 1,000 watching final landing of military plane on Ballenstedt airfield in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany
But pilot of 31-ton Transall C-160 aircraft suddenly reported he couldn't see start of runway from his cockpit
Brought aircraft down on a side road where spotters were standing and they almost ended up being crushed
EY460 From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 233 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 11756 times:
Have a look at pictures 2 and 3 in the Daily Mail Article. The man in the red jacket is wearing a backpack or something in picture 3 but not on picture 2 (this was not spotted by me). There is something strange in the pictures.
kgaiflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 3648 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 11309 times:
Quoting EY460 (Reply 4): Have a look at pictures 2 and 3 in the Daily Mail Article. The man in the red jacket is wearing a backpack or something in picture 3 but not on picture 2 (this was not spotted by me). There is something strange in the pictures.
Yep. The pictures have been photoshopped -- perhaps for clarity and detail. It's the Daily Mail, for gosh sakes.
However, I have no doubt I'm looking at an actually event unfolding.
aircellist From Canada, joined Oct 2004, 1418 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 11253 times:
Quoting EY460 (Reply 4): Have a look at pictures 2 and 3 in the Daily Mail Article. The man in the red jacket is wearing a backpack or something in picture 3 but not on picture 2 (this was not spotted by me). There is something strange in the pictures.
There is nothing wrong with the photo- it's the black inside of his red jacket that is being blown upwards!
It is interesting however that the road hadn't been taped off properly- those spectators are very close to the propellers- even if it were a "normal" landing!
SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2916 posts, RR: 20 Reply 9, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 7307 times:
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