FishBowl Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I’m not saying for sure, but it appears to be out of the Charlotte ANG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHangingOut Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Prayers to all involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBowl Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 Update: Puerto Rico ANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintail21 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (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, 2018 by pintail21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopefulflyer389 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Damnit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polcat Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Shit! Here here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Man, tough times for Puerto Rico. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airlineflunky Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAL Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Blue skies and tailwinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty - Trident Home Loans Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsharpless Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-15E WSO Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John3806 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHQ Pilot Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 There is video of the final few seconds from what looks like a security camera. Tragic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergman Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 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. 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledge Hammer Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 That video was tough to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prozac Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindsight2020 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrizzell Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 The security camera footage is horrific to see. Prayers and condolences to those here that are friends and/or work with that unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war007afa Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Terrible video to watch. Looked like when we do the reverse prop in flight scenario in the sim. Him him 🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearedHot Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkbum Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (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, 2018 by herkbum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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