Had several good looks at the aircraft since the incident...it's a total write off. Vertical stab was hacked off about a week or two ago as it's right on final for the runway. Looking forward to reading the report. I honestly have no idea how this happened, but I'm sure the crew didn't either. As a Herc guy flying over here as a civilian, I see much boobery by Herc crews, and sometimes it's embarassing, but sometimes, I can't blame them. The crews I see here look very young and I'm sure it's their first time here for some. I don't know if they're just reading too much into it or what, but flying here is not that cosmic if you can filter out all of the extraneous bs. Their Tactics shops should be briefing them to remember one thing: Airmanship. C2 will try and fly you into terrain. ATC will do the same. Use your heads, your training, your TCAS and your crew. Be smart. If ATC tells you to do something stupid, tell them no. But none of that explains that landing and destroyed aircraft....
