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PICS! Plane Wreck in Iraq...now with details on how it happened.

SaigonK

SaigonK

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Look at this wreck, my cousin took the pics while at work at the base....the first five pics are the ones to look at! WOW!

No deaths in the accident, just one banged up military jet and someone having to pay $5 a week out of his check until the plane is paid off. 😉

http://www.imagetex.com/thumbnails.php?album=236




UPDATED...Now with info...


Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction.

Last week, one C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway.
Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here.

Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.

There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
 
Did that big hole in the runway have somethign to do with why the plane is had problems?

And wow, $5/week. TO pay off a how many million dollar plane? heh heh.
 
Originally posted by: loic2003
What's the story? how was the crash caused?
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Maybe coming out of AMARC?

I was in Tucson last week and tought I saw a few 130s flying about.
 
Originally posted by: SaigonK
Look at this wreck, my cousin took the pics while at work at the base....the first five pics are the ones to look at! WOW!

No deaths in the accident, just one banged up military jet and someone having to pay $5 a week out of his check until the plane is paid off. 😉

http://www.imagetex.com/thumbnails.php?album=236




UPDATED...Now with info...


Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction.

Last week, one C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway.
Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here.

Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.

There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
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This looks like Tucson to me. Why do you say Iraq?
 
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: SaigonK
Look at this wreck, my cousin took the pics while at work at the base....the first five pics are the ones to look at! WOW!

No deaths in the accident, just one banged up military jet and someone having to pay $5 a week out of his check until the plane is paid off. 😉

http://www.imagetex.com/thumbnails.php?album=236




UPDATED...Now with info...


Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction.

Last week, one C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway.
Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here.

Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.

There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
Click to expand...

This looks like Tucson to me. Why do you say Iraq?
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If you look at the people in the pics they are wearing desert camo's, you don't wear that home station.

EDIT * Also see this regarding the crash.
 
Originally posted by: GrassR00t
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: SaigonK
Look at this wreck, my cousin took the pics while at work at the base....the first five pics are the ones to look at! WOW!

No deaths in the accident, just one banged up military jet and someone having to pay $5 a week out of his check until the plane is paid off. 😉

http://www.imagetex.com/thumbnails.php?album=236




UPDATED...Now with info...


Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction.

Last week, one C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway.
Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here.

Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.

There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
Click to expand...

This looks like Tucson to me. Why do you say Iraq?
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If you look at the people in the pics they are wearing desert camo's, you don't wear that home station.
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That and there is a lack of mountains in the background of any of the pics.
 
MC-130H 85-0012 - First aircraft to recieve the AAQ-24 DIRCM system (large fairings on aft fuselage).

Looks like that unit is salvageable, though.
 
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: GrassR00t
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: SaigonK
Look at this wreck, my cousin took the pics while at work at the base....the first five pics are the ones to look at! WOW!

No deaths in the accident, just one banged up military jet and someone having to pay $5 a week out of his check until the plane is paid off. 😉

http://www.imagetex.com/thumbnails.php?album=236




UPDATED...Now with info...


Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction.

Last week, one C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway.
Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here.

Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled.

There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
Click to expand...

This looks like Tucson to me. Why do you say Iraq?
Click to expand...


If you look at the people in the pics they are wearing desert camo's, you don't wear that home station.
Click to expand...

That and there is a lack of mountains in the background of any of the pics.
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Ahhh yes, see it now. I was fooled by the other pics in the album showing Tucson (the bone yard).
 
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