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2025-11-12 The Grand Turk

Turkish military plane crashes in Georgia with at least 20 on board

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Posted by Fred 2025-11-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1812 views ] Top
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1 Looks like half the fuselage came off

Posted by Remoteman 2025-11-12 15:43|| 2025-11-12 15:43|| Front Page Top

2 Crap. Looks like the entire wing, with engines, separated from the fuselage. Probably a wing box failure, which becomes a significant risk at around the 30,000 flying hours mark for C-130's. To meet the speed and range requirements of the initial design required a narrow wing, which has a higher wing loading which puts more stress on the wing box, which holds the wings to the fuselage.

There was/is a Youtube video that shows the wings of a C-130, that was surplus and being used for firefighting, fold up in flight, causing the plane to crash, killing all aboard.

Posted by Chantry 2025-11-12 18:21|| 2025-11-12 18:21|| Front Page Top

3 ^ I think that Fire-fighting C-130 wing fold was at Walker, CA, by Topaz Lake/NV Stateline. Horrific

Posted by Frank G 2025-11-12 19:13|| 2025-11-12 19:13|| Front Page Top

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