.......... Dash cam catches 747 cargo plane crash in Afghanistan, 8 dead, chilling

[Exodus_2pt0]

This had me standing, motionless and speechless for a few moments.

http://jalopnik.com/deadly-afghan-plane-crash-caught-by-dash-cam-in-this-ho-485974117

[LJ851]

Unbelievable.

[slammin.e28]

Oh my god.

Speechless.

[AndrewBird]

Woah.

That is nuts. Never seen or even heard of a jumbo jet stalling in air. Looks like his angle of attack was WAY too steep, likely caused by the shifting cargo they were talking about in the article.

[ZoomZoomBoom]

I hope it's not one of the Evergreen planes from Oregon.

EDIT: It's a National Cargo plane.

[Wh33lhop]

Jesus, that is absolutely insane.

Side note: did the guy seriously run over a dog in the middle of the video?

[Blackout]

Crazy shit.

[ttrousdell]

Well this is just the kind of shit I like to see when I fly pretty frequently. Chilling

[z31maniac]

Well this is just the kind of shit I like to see when I fly pretty frequently. Chilling

Read through the comments section, someone posts up stats about the likely hood of dying in a plane crash. It bugs me too the "not in control" part of it and "if something happens it's 99.99999% certainty I'm toast".

This is why I drink BEFORE I get on the plane. No point in worrying about it.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Read through the comments section, someone posts up stats about the likely hood of dying in a plane crash. It bugs me too the "not in control" part of it and "if something happens it's 99.99999% certainty I'm toast".

This is why I drink BEFORE I get on the plane. No point in worrying about it.

My favorite thing to do at 30,000 feet is to look at my cup of whatever I'm drinking... And think about how gravity still has a hold on it, and us. So if this plane fails, the earth WILL get us back.

Fuck me I hate flying.

[gkurey]

Freak accident for sure....as someone who flies for a living, this would be a nightmare in the cockpit. Literally nothing the flight crew could do to get out of it. Reminds me of an accident from the not too distant past. A Navy C-2 is getting launched off the carrier and during the cat shot, the cargo breaks free and slides aft resulting in an uncontrollable aircraft due to weight distribution. Nothing the crew can do other than try to fly it and basically watch as they plummet to their death. I'm told in this C-2 incident, the cargo broke free on the cat shot killing the aircrew in the back and then subsequently slammed back forward into the cockpit, most likely killing the two pilots before the plane hit the water. I'm heading to fly these planes this summer, and I always have this video playing in the back of my mind.



RIP to the crew of the 747.

[Steven]

Woah.

That is nuts. Never seen or even heard of a jumbo jet stalling in air. Looks like his angle of attack was WAY too steep, likely caused by the shifting cargo they were talking about in the article.

The flight angle didnt look off, rather the cargo probably wasn't strapped down correctly...

[gkurey]

The cargo was in the proper placement upon take off roll, but most likely shifted aft after takeoff. This large change in weight position changed the center of gravity of the jet, all while the center of lift remains in the same place. This then caused forces to be out of balance and to a degree that the jet's control surfaces couldn't counter-correct. This results in a stall with no recovery as seen in the footage. The only real question to me is how did the cargo shift...will be interesting to see what they determine. I bet a vehicle became unchained and rolled.

[M-technik-3]

Hasn't been declared a load shift yet but sure appears that way. We were discussing it at work yesterday. I had beers with these guys in Ramstein last week. Chilling. The company is National Air and they have 2 747-400's that are ex air France jets.

[gkurey]

Hits close to home; sorry to hear about that dude...I'm sure they were good dudes.