polcat Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) So much for the pre-flight... http://www.kake.com/news/national/headlines/Body-of-child-stowaway-found-in-US-cargo-plane-269083371.html Edited July 29, 2014 by polcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B*D*A Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/body-of-child-found-in-the-wheel-well-of-u-s-military-plane/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoleIt Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 So much for the pre-flight... http://www.kake.com/news/national/headlines/Body-of-child-stowaway-found-in-US-cargo-plane-269083371.html Weirdest C-130 landing gear I've ever seen... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That's the landing gear for the super secret Special Operations fighter C-130, and now we're all going to be investigated. Thanks Man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ Kind Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Wellllp, have fun with that, Ramstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARIs 'R' Us Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 This might deserve its own thread... Not sure the aircrew could have prevented this, if the child was really as "well hidden" as the article would make you believe. I'm not a 130 driver though...thoughts are w/the aircrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Standing by for the new FCIF directing us to ERO the LM to visually inspect the wheel wells at the end of the runway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arg Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 New reports indicate he was above the wheel well. If so he had to be skinny to get up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeetango Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Dumbasses on CNN posted an image of a -17 instead of Herk with their article on this. Tell your aviation analyst to choke themselves CNN. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 New reports indicate he was above the wheel well. If so he had to be skinny to get up there. Yeah, you don't say. I think the article said they came back from Africa, so that kind of explains the skinny moniker. Also, I think the article said that a normal pre-flight walk around would not have discovered the body, which is definitely possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARIs 'R' Us Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah, you don't say. I think the article said they came back from Africa, so that kind of explains the skinny moniker. You're a racist. You're fired. Is it bad for my career that the first image I thought of when I read your comment was Starvin Marvin from South Park? Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElLoco Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 God if only a fearless young nav or engineer was on board to help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpharatz Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 God if only a fearless young nav or engineer was on board to help.. Yeah, I guess it is pretty hard to automate draging some mangled carcass to the morgue. Definitely have to toss the fireproof gloves and the squadron dickie. Since you referenced "God" , why don't you get down on your knees and give thanks that you weren't involved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd christmas Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 More CBTs. Great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElLoco Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah, I guess it is pretty hard to automate draging some mangled carcass to the morgue. Definitely have to toss the fireproof gloves and the squadron dickie. Since you referenced "God" , why don't you get down on your knees and give thanks that you weren't involved. Easy there francis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyEng Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Also the kid might have crawled up in the wheelwell when the aircraft was waiting on the taxiway before TO. Alot of those airports in Africa have people running all over the runways and taxiways. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addict Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Also the kid might have crawled up in the wheelwell when the aircraft was waiting on the taxiway before TO. Alot of those airports in Africa have people running all over the runways and taxiways. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk Can confirm. Masses of locals inside the fence. Source: Flew to Africa once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B*D*A Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Would AMC have DAGRE/Ravens with them? Dumbasses on CNN posted an image of a -17 instead of Herk with their article on this. Tell your aviation analyst to choke themselves CNN. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk It even had it's gear down...idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim richalds Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 dying in a herk wheel well gives new meaning to the phrase "slow death." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockheedFix Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Would AMC have DAGRE/Ravens with them? Ramstein flies USAFE/AFRICOM missions, so AMC was not involved, but there was probably a FAST team on the mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkasaurus Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20140729/NEWS/307290065/Body-child-found-wheel-well-C-130-after-Africa-missions "The Defense Department hasnt announced the C-130 tail number, variant, home base" "This is the first time this has happened with a Ramstein-assigned aircraft, Moore said." Idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learjetter Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Can confirm. Masses of locals inside the fence. Source: Flew to Africa once. Can double confirm. Ran ops out of several African capital cities. Sometimes no fence at all. And runway tar/oil asphalt makes a long-lasting cooking fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueman Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Dumbasses on CNN posted an image of a -17 instead of Herk with their article on this. Tell your aviation analyst to choke themselves CNN. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Ramstein.af.mil has more photos of the C-17s and C-5s that are transient than the C-130s or DV airlift aircraft actually stationed there. Can we really expect more from CNN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B*D*A Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ramstein flies USAFE/AFRICOM missions, so AMC was not involved, but there was probably a FAST team on the mission. Gotcha, thanks. Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimuth Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 More CBTs. Great. Hopefully they were current on their Human Trafficing CBT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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