Via Cousin Bill
New information from inside sources
FYI,
I'm in IBT Go-Team training in DC with NTSB and others, and Director of
NTSB Office of Aviation Safety briefed us on this accident today. This
is accurate info from NTSB source today:
The
CVR/FDR on the accident aircraft stopped working on rotation;
engine/fuselage/tail parts were located on the runway. A total of (7)
MRAP armored vehicles were being carried as cargo. NAC was the only
civil DoD contract carrier who will carry these vehicles. Aircraft
loaded at Camp Bastian , not Bagram, was stopping in Bagram for fuel.
Aircraft uplifted 48,000 lbs of fuel at Bargram for flight to DXB. After
impact, 1 MRAP vehicle was deeper in the impact crater than any
aircraft/fuselage parts.
A follow up to what I passed on last week. Sounds pretty valid.
He also mentioned that the calculus of that much weight on the floor of a normal B 747-400 F would have exceeded the limitation of 280,000 lbs, by 90,000 pounds, but probably not a factor. If the vehicle/s had penetrated the aft pressure bulkhead. it is also possible all or some of the 4 hydraulic systems might have been compromised as they run through that area to power the empennage flight controls. Unreal to watch. Speculation is a load shift. Hard to imagine a load shifting that much. Bagram Airbase Afghanistan.
Definitely stalled on climb out. Sudden load shift would do that and no way to correct in time. Every time I watch something like that it makes me sick. Worst feeling in the world, being on a flight crew and have an
ReplyDelete"Oh Shit" moment.
Makes me think of the Babylift. They almost made it back to TSN and if they had been at a higher latitude when it happened, they might have safely landed. Sad, sad sad.
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