10 Jul 2017 USMC KC-130 in flight breakup

Started by Live2Learn, December 10, 2018, 06:25:12 PM

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This unclassified accident report: https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/61/1.%20%20YANKY%2072%20CLASS%20A%20MISHAP%20CI%20REPORT%20(PUBLIC%20RELEASE).pdf?ver=2018-12-06-104943-213

and accident simulation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PjyGJO7Qm0

are instructive.  Aircraft need fuel to break the surly bonds of earth, but they need a lot of trust to continue flying.  In this case trust wasn't enough.