FishBowl 58 Report post Posted May 2 I’m not saying for sure, but it appears to be out of the Charlotte ANG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustHangingOut 33 Report post Posted May 2 Prayers to all involved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishBowl 58 Report post Posted May 2 Update: Puerto Rico ANG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pintail21 27 Report post Posted May 2 (edited) News is reporting 5 were on board, 2 confirmed dead with the others status unknown. It looks like they came down on a warehouse of some sort too, so hopefully the people in the building got out as well. Edited May 2 by pintail21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hopefulflyer389 103 Report post Posted May 2 Damnit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polcat 17 Report post Posted May 2 Shit! Here here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTC 1 Report post Posted May 2 Man, tough times for Puerto Rico. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airlineflunky 1 Report post Posted May 2 Live coverage. http://www.wistv.com/story/38095186/live-c-130-military-plane-crashes-near-savannah-ga They are reporting it on HW21 about 1 mile east of RW28. They interviewed a witness, (STD Disclaimer), he sounded fairly coherent, knowledgeable. Said it looked like it was approaching to land to west, then rolled upside down (half roll could look that way to witness), then nose straight in. Thoughts and prayers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GDAL 35 Report post Posted May 2 Blue skies and tailwinds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marty - Trident Home Loans 29 Report post Posted May 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsharpless 1 Report post Posted May 2 This happened about a mile from my office. Reports now say all 5 confirmed dead. Before learning it was a Puerto Rico ANG C-130 it was really easy to believe it had to be some of our local guys with the 165th here in Savannah. Such a tragedy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHQ Pilot 1 Report post Posted May 2 There is video of the final few seconds from what looks like a security camera. Tragic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bergman 279 Report post Posted May 2 13 minutes ago, CHQ Pilot said: There is video of the final few seconds from what looks like a security camera. Tragic It is bone chilling. FML. 🍻 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Hammer 5 Report post Posted May 2 That video was tough to watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prozac 273 Report post Posted May 2 Hard to watch that video. Just saw a report that there were 9 aboard and the airplane had undergone “routine” MX in Savanna. The plane appears intact throughout the video. Some sort of loss of control event obviously occurred. RIP to those aboard and thoughts and prayers to the families and unit members. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hindsight2020 320 Report post Posted May 2 Based on the video and the witness recollection of the relative position of the aircraft to the landing rwy (28?). Looks like a base to final stall/spin, or a Vmc roll if they were doing some sort of engine out work and it went south (no pun intended). Condolences to my childhood hometown unit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrizzell 4 Report post Posted May 2 The security camera footage is horrific to see. Prayers and condolences to those here that are friends and/or work with that unit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
war007afa 54 Report post Posted May 2 Terrible video to watch. Looked like when we do the reverse prop in flight scenario in the sim. Him him 🍺 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClearedHot 1,522 Report post Posted May 3 News reporting this was supposed to be the final flight of this aircraft as they were on their way to the Boneyard. Also reporting this was a former WC-130. Him Him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herkbum 138 Report post Posted May 3 (edited) 25 minutes ago, ClearedHot said: News reporting this was supposed to be the final flight of this aircraft as they were on their way to the Boneyard. Also reporting this was a former WC-130. Him Him You are correct. They were Nashville birds. We received the WCs after our H2s were BRAC’d. My last flight in the Herk was to deliver a plane down to the PRANG. I last flew the MA (968) on 30 Apr 12, almost 6 yrs ago to the day. The airplane I delivered, 866, ironically is currently sitting in Nashville and will reportedly soon have its wings removed so it can be trucked to the boneyard. To the crew Edited May 3 by herkbum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
