Deadly crash of C-130 military transport caught on video，9 killed

[beijingwalker]

Deadly crash of C-130 military transport caught on video，9 killed

 

[Pak_Sher]

Sad day. May the victims rest in peace and God give their families strength to deal with this loss. Aameen

 

[Chimgathar]

Shocking, that plane had 4 engines yet it went nose down.

 

[MastanKhan]

Shocking, that plane had 4 engines yet it went nose down.

Remember Zia Ul Haq's plane.

 

[timmy_area51]

Dose should be replaced , with c-17 golobe masters

 

[Mustang06]

The ironic part is the plane was on it's final flight for decommissioning. RIP!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The ironic part is the plane was on it's final flight for decommissioning. RIP!

50 yr old plane flown by the Puerto Rican National Guard.

 

[jhungary]

50 yr old plane flown by the Puerto Rican National Guard.

The plane was a WC-130H (65-0968) from 198 Airlift squadron operated out of Puerto Rico and manned by Puerto Rican Air National Guard. The airframe entered service in 1965 (53 years to be exact) and was flying into Davis-Monthan AFB for retiring.

Think this is one of the hand me down plane in order to boost Puerto Rican airlift capability and recovering from the Earthquake damage.

Only 2 WC-130 aircraft ever lost in service, the other in 1976 during typhoon Bess when the WC-130H (65-0965) was send into the eye of the storm and never returned. Ironic this plane have been chasing storm for the last 50 years and nothing happened to it, and crashed on the final flight to the boneyard.

RIP crew.

Casi Simpre para ti.

 

[Gomig-21]

If you go to minute 2:24 of the OP video when it first appears in the top right camera view, the aircraft is actually pretty level but it's dropping in altitude at an extremely high rate. That usually means there's some kind of stall happening when an aircraft like that suddenly loses altitude at a very high rate of decent. Eventually it nosedives just from the aerodynamic stall. What caused that stall is very curious.

 

[Jugger]

RIP..!
Life is indeed fragile.

 

[jhungary]

If you go to minute 2:24 of the OP video when it first appears in the top right camera view, the aircraft is actually pretty level but it's dropping in altitude at an extremely high rate. That usually means there's some kind of stall happening when an aircraft like that suddenly loses altitude at a very high rate of decent. Eventually it nosedives just from the aerodynamic stall. What caused that stall is very curious.

What information we know is that the pilot declaring an emergency after take off, and then he try to turn back to the airport via a heavy banking. Lost control and piloted into the ground.

the crashed aircraft

 

[Gomig-21]

What information we know is that the pilot declaring an emergency after take off, and then he try to turn back to the airport via a heavy banking. Lost control and piloted into the ground.

the crashed aircraft

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It makes sense that he reported an emergency after takeoff which was probably a major loss of power of some kind. It's hard to believe all 4 engines went out but maybe both port engines did and he didn't have enough power to generate that constant lift he needs to get to altitude. But honestly, I don't think he went into a heavy banking. I'm sure he wanted to turn back but I think that sudden bank was the result of the stall because that thing was losing altitude and dropping at a very significant rate, and was level until the last few seconds.

Reminds me a lot of this famous CF-18 crash. Granted this is a fighter jet and we now know the starboard engine went out, but the result was almost identical to what we see here with the C-130. Almost exactly the same concept of lift and aerodynamic stall.

 

[jhungary]

It makes sense that he reported an emergency after takeoff which was probably a major loss of power of some kind. It's hard to believe all 4 engines went out but maybe both port engines did and he didn't have enough power to generate that constant lift he needs to get to altitude. But honestly, I don't think he went into a heavy banking. I'm sure he wanted to turn back but I think that sudden bank was the result of the stall because that thing was losing altitude and dropping at a very significant rate, and was level until the last few seconds.

Reminds me a lot of this famous CF-18 crash. Granted this is a fighter jet and we now know the starboard engine went out, but the result was almost identical to what we see here with the C-130. Almost exactly the same concept of lift and aerodynamic stall.

Witness say he make a shape turn before losing control and some kind of catastrophic failure on its left wing before it enter a corkscrew pattern and crashed into the ground.

What we don't know is that did the aircraft lost lift and doing the shape turn or banking before the catastrophic failure or the pilot action resulting the catastrophic failure by putting too much G on his left wing. That is the question AFOSI and NTSB have to answer in the coming months.

Either way, the victim list is released, RIP to these airmen

• Maj. José R. Román Rosado - Pilot - 18 years of service - from Manati, PR. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
• Maj. Carlos Pérez Serra - Navigator - 23 years of service - from Canóvanas, PR. He is survived by his wife, two sons and daughter.
• 1st Lt. David Albandoz - Co-Pilot - 16 years of service - from PR, recently residing in Madison, Alabama. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
• Senior Master Sgt. Jan Paravisini - Mechanic - 21 years of service - from Canóvanas, PR. He is survived by two daughters and son.
• Master Sgt. Jean Audriffred - 16 years of service - from Carolina, PR. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
• Master Sgt. Mario Braña - Flight Engineer - 17 years of service - from Bayamón, PR. He is survived by his mother and daughter.
• Master Sgt. Víctor Colón - 22 years of service - from Santa Isabel, PR. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
• Master Sgt. Eric Circuns - Loadmaster - 31 years of service - from Rio Grande, PR. He is survived by his wife, two step-daughters and son.
• Senior Airman Roberto Espada - three years of service - from Salinas, PR. He is survived by his grandmother.

 

[Dai Toruko]

The Trump curse.

 

[Gomig-21]

Witness say he make a shape turn before losing control and some kind of catastrophic failure on its left wing before it enter a corkscrew pattern and crashed into the ground.

What we don't know is that did the aircraft lost lift and doing the shape turn or banking before the catastrophic failure or the pilot action resulting the catastrophic failure by putting too much G on his left wing. That is the question AFOSI and NTSB have to answer in the coming months.

Either way, the victim list is released, RIP to these airmen

• Maj. José R. Román Rosado - Pilot - 18 years of service - from Manati, PR. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
• Maj. Carlos Pérez Serra - Navigator - 23 years of service - from Canóvanas, PR. He is survived by his wife, two sons and daughter.
• 1st Lt. David Albandoz - Co-Pilot - 16 years of service - from PR, recently residing in Madison, Alabama. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
• Senior Master Sgt. Jan Paravisini - Mechanic - 21 years of service - from Canóvanas, PR. He is survived by two daughters and son.
• Master Sgt. Jean Audriffred - 16 years of service - from Carolina, PR. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
• Master Sgt. Mario Braña - Flight Engineer - 17 years of service - from Bayamón, PR. He is survived by his mother and daughter.
• Master Sgt. Víctor Colón - 22 years of service - from Santa Isabel, PR. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
• Master Sgt. Eric Circuns - Loadmaster - 31 years of service - from Rio Grande, PR. He is survived by his wife, two step-daughters and son.
• Senior Airman Roberto Espada - three years of service - from Salinas, PR. He is survived by his grandmother.

Indeed. Tough way to go. Can't imagine the fright in those last few seconds.