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Aftermath:
http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showth ... p?p=208555" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and then start scrolling for the somewhat fuzzy photos...
Yes, this Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules which was delivered back in 1966 almost got 100,000 hours on the clock. It wasn't to be...
Received pictures of the National Air Cargo/Transafrik Hercules S9-BAT that crashed short of runway in Sharana Afghanistan on flight.
Crew got out without injuries
The runway in Sharana has 2.5% slope which is outside the permitable limits for most civilian aircraft so will be interesting what Lockheed and control authorities in Afghanistan have to say about this operation.
Gaff is they landed 15ft short....high winds were blowing. My guess is they were also most likely overweight to add to the mix. I hear from airfield management, they going to push her into the ditch on the side of the runway.....sad day. It is said this was the highest time Herc in operation
That was one very hard landing, the Herc doesnt bend wings, lose props off engines, and have the gear punched into the hold like that unless the rate of descent is HUGE.....
So far all that is known is that they landed short. Sharana not a nice airport. It still baffles the brain how they actually landing there, since the runway slope is 2.5 % and the L382's limitation is 2%.
But from what I can see on the photo's, not much forward motion.
By the way, S9-BAT / cn 382-4134 was the highest time Herc in the world -- just a few hundred hours short of 100,000 hours. Wouldn't it have been neat to have been on the crew that broke 100,000 hours? Well that ain't gonna happen now.
The last I heard, it had 99,700 hours on it.