Turkish C-130 Crash (broke up in flight).

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https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/turkish-c130-crash-georgia-azerbaijan-border

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Lockheed C-130EM Hercules, registration 68-1609, a 57-year-old aircraft originally delivered to Saudi Arabia before joining the Turkish Air Force.

[Sua Sponte]

Wingbox corrosion? 

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2 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

Wingbox corrosion? 

Wayyyy too soon to know.  Remember a KC-130 broke up over Mississippi a few years back thanks to a corroded propeller blade.

 

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Interesting close up video out there now.  From this snap it looks like everything fore and aft of the center wingbox is gone...AND possibly a few props.

 

[Prosuper]

I wonder if few of these propellers were sent to foreign military sales.

Air Force engineer indicted in connection with Marine plane crash that killed 16

[disgruntledemployee]

Probably like the Marine 130 vid above.  

I wonder if the swap to the NP2000 8 blade scimitar prop would be any different if one of those lost a blade.  Or J model.  The Marine KC-130J that was hit by the F-35 in CA and put it down in a field showed all the blades on 3 and 4 were missing.  Just pondering out loud.

As for E models, time to start wearing parachutes like a B-17 crew. 

[MexicanHouseRULZ]

If it’s stable enough for you to climb down from the flight deck and walk to the door, it’s stable enough to land/ditch. If you can’t walk to the door, you’re proper fcuked whether you have a chute or not. 

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3 hours ago, MexicanHouseRULZ said:

If it’s stable enough for you to climb down from the flight deck and walk to the door, it’s stable enough to land/ditch. If you can’t walk to the door, you’re proper fcuked whether you have a chute or not. 

A chute is the illusion of a fighting chance.  Just like when we carried 6 chutes in the back.

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6 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

A chute is the illusion of a fighting chance.  Just like when we carried 6 chutes in the back.

Worked for some gunship guys in Viet Nam. In one case the entire crew bailed out. I think the call sign was Spectre 22