C-5 down at Dover AFB, DE

[Top_Gun]

just heard on the radio, and a small headline on Fox news. 17 people on board, nothing else about injuries.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-military-plane-crash,0,3011736.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[DAL767-400ER]

CNN reports that there 17 people on board, some of them being injured. The front part of the plane, parts of the left wing, and the tail have been ripped off the rest of the plane, but thankfully no fire erupted.

[ErwinS]

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That's sad. Let's hope that there are no fatalities.

[MaxPower]

Wauw man, that C5 is owned. That's a scary gap on that thing.

Let hope there's no major injuries happened to its crew.

[FlyingPhotog]

Is this info correct? :skeptic:

The C-5 can carry 270,000 tons of cargo almost 2,500 miles on one load of fuel.

That would mean it could carry the weight of 2 of these cruise ships (http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do;jsessionid=0000ZzacEsjFAVXtXCeKD-PZ52O:10ktdmlju?br=R&shipClassCode=VY&shipCode=NV)

[DAL767-400ER]

That's the media for you, what did you expect? Another source reported the C-5 as being 2.5 football fields long :roll: .

[ErwinS]

Is this info correct? :skeptic:



That would mean it could carry the weight of 2 of these cruise ships (http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do;jsessionid=0000ZzacEsjFAVXtXCeKD-PZ52O:10ktdmlju?br=R&shipClassCode=VY&shipCode=NV)


That's a bit to much... Max Payload Standard: 240,000 pounds (108,862kg);
Wartime: 291,000 pounds (131,995kg).
Only the An-225 can carry over 250 tons.

[MaxPower]

Paul, it doesnt say Tonnes. But pounds
The C-5 can carry 270,000 tons of cargo almost 2,500 miles on one load of fuel.
Correct info :The C-5 can carry 270,000 pounds of cargo almost 2,500 miles on one load of fuel. The C-5's wingspan is 28 feet wider than a 747 and the military jet is 16 feet longer than the civilian airliner.

You almost got me there Pal ! Puha:razz:

[Top_Gun]

more pics here

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/03/c5.crash/index.html

glad no one died!

[FlyingPhotog]

Paul, it doesnt say Tonnes. But pounds

Correct info :

You almost got me there Pal ! Puha:razz:

CNN's article did say TONS. I copied and pasted it directly.

[MaxPower]

CNN's article did say TONS. I copied and pasted it directly. According to Dave's CNN link (bottom of the article) it says not tons. :wink:



Ah forget it ! :lol:

[seventwo]

...and FOX said the C-5 was the biggest plane in the world! :roll:

[JJR]

On the web-site it says no fatalities. Thats good news, I hope everyone will recover.

[andrew_c]

Wow... looks like it snapped right through the crew section...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/crazyfoo88/Aviation/Military/London%20Airshow%202004/IMG_4568.jpg

I took this from the crew section 2 years ago in a C5, damn that would of been scary!

[ErwinS]

This was the unlucky one 84-0059
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[FlyingPhotog]

...and FOX said the C-5 was the biggest plane in the world! :roll:

It was at one time.

[Top_Gun]

still the biggest in US Inventory isn't?

[Chris@YYZ]

wow, I wonder what caused it to crash.

[YYZPICS]

http://snsimages.tribune.com/media/photo/2006-04/22759047.jpg
Wow, glad no one was injured, just look at that.

[maverick]

It'll be interesting to learn the technical details of the crash- latest from CNN said a flame-out in the #2 engine is what prompted the C-5 to try for an emergency landing, not sure why it didn't make it though. Even a C-5 should be pretty flyable on 3 engines, right? (Yes, I understand being loaded with cargo and fuel probably makes things more difficult, but still...). And why is the tail section so far from the rest of the a/c?

Glad no one was killed though.

[medic1]

wow...thats one big crash. Glad no one was injured

[MaxPower]

I cant wait to see the NG's Recontruction of this accident. I cant figure out why the C-5 was beheaded, as I dont see any particular objects that could behead the plane anyway. I dont know, Im just curious.

[andrew_c]

I cant wait to see the NG's Recontruction of this accident. I cant figure out why the C-5 was beheaded, as I dont see any particular objects that could behead the plane anyway. I dont know, Im just curious.

Simple guess...

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/us/0604/gallery.c5.crash/05.far.wtxf.jpg

Since it crossed that road, through a fence, and spun 90 degrees... Id say there was a lot of force on the joints of the plane, where this frame snapped. But that is just my guess...

[Crunk415balla]

...and FOX said the C-5 was the biggest plane in the world! :roll:
At airshows they claim its the biggest plane in the "Free World".

Anyway, I'm glad no one died, it could have easily ended the other way.

[MaxPower]

The impact must have been horrible to experience that kind of force, being slammed on to the ground that hard that it snapped the neck on that thing. Crazy ! This could have been more worse. But thank god, everyone is alive.

[JordanD]

Since the plane is positioned that way I wonder if they actually lost control and crashed or decided that they wouldn't make the runway and set it down.

[DAL767-400ER]

Good question. From the overview pic, it is hard to see if the plane slided at all. If anything, there appears to be a slide area to the left of the plane, indicating that it actually landed short of the runway.

[screaming_emu]

as I understand it, the airplane was trying to land on the runway in view, so it wouldn't have crossed that road yet.

[MaxPower]

Why did this aircraft failed to fly solely with the rest of the engines. ?


Now I'm curious. A #2 engine failure won't cause a crash. There must be more to the story.

[YYZPICS]

Now I'm curious. A #2 engine failure won't cause a crash. There must be more to the story.

Theres always more then one thing wrong when an aircraft goes down.

[uy707]

Another pic of 84-0059 [photoid=372501]
Alain

[MaxPower]

Nice, I havent seen many aircrafts where they were at lowrider mode :clap:

[CorporateAv8r]

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I'm sorry I couldn't have had it for you guys sooner and I'm sorry the quality on that one sucks so much. The closest you can get to it is a small road a mile away. Expect a few air to ground shots of it as soon as my plane is out of the shop. I'm glad every one is alive, but it was far from a good crash. The injuries are still very severe.


Alex.