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Nose dive straight down. Remember a similar video of a larger cargo aircraft crash in Afghanistan some time ago. Improperly stowed cargo. Tie downs failed and the aircraft plummeted to the ground. RIP crew members. Military flying can be hazardous even in a non war zone environment.
This happened here in Savannah. The plane was on its way to the bone yard in AZ. It was its last flight. There may not have been any cargo.
It had been back and forth to PR after the hurricane, but since it was being retired, they must have known it was no longer fit for use.
I wonder if they will ever know exactly what happened.
Question for those in the know:
Assuming there was a load shift, could this have been corrected in flight before it affected the pilot's ability to control the plane?
One has to assume that all securely fastened cargo requires inspection prior to takeoff.
This was not a cargo C-130. It was a WC-130 Hurricane Hunter. It was one of the oldest Hercs in the fleet and was in Savannah 'being repaired to fly to Tuscon (Davis Monthan AFB) to be retired' SO I doubt there was any cargo on board except for the traveling gear for the crew.
It was not a cargo shift. Most likely no cargo onboard. It appears to be a classic stall/spin from the video of the crash. It looks like they had an emergency and unable to maintain speed. That could be from engine failure, but just one engine failing would not cause the airplane to be unable to maintain enough speed.
Cargo shifts are more dramatic, and generally unrecoverable.
An engine failure won't normally cause such a dramatic result. I'll throw my vote in for some sort of control surface rigging anomaly. Hydraulic or otherwise.
"Coming out of maintenance" is too often a preface to accident reports.
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