Crazy video of plane crash in Afghanistan

[hk47]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icfVsql38oc

[arch stanton]

Lift is a variable but gravity is constant.

[Scott34]

So incredibly sad.

[Caralho]

Pretty horrible, I wonder if this was caused by cargo shift. If it is, God help the load master. 

[katie]

7 Americans killed

[katie]

The Taliban is trying to claim responsibility

[AngelsLongBall]

Had to have been a load shift.  Damn, that plane just cartwheeled out of the sky.  RIP

[Kenny]

That has to be a terrifying way to go.  So sad.

[m0nkey]

Sad.  Hope those 7 RIP

I've had dreams/nightmares where I'm in a plane and it goes down just like that. 

[TobiasFunke]

I have nightmares that I witness exactly what is in that video

[Tank]

Did it just lose power? Some kind of stall?

That's horrible. Honestly, with the way it landed, I was surprised to see it burst into flames. It seemed like it landed flat on its belly, not at some kind of angle.

[LBHalos17]

RIP...

Seemed to lost all thrust there.  When it's taking-off fully-laden with fuel, it really doesn't matter where it lands coming down that hard.  Horrible

[AngelsLongBall]

Speculating that it was loaded with vehicles which broke loose on take-off, slid towards the tail (which caused the nose to shoot up), thus causing the stall and plummet. Absolutely horrible

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Did it just lose power? Some kind of stall?

That's horrible. Honestly, with the way it landed, I was surprised to see it burst into flames. It seemed like it landed flat on its belly, not at some kind of angle.

 

There was definitely an aerodynamic stall. Looks like the left wing loses lift first, then the right. Odd how it almost levels off as it falls to the ground. What caused it, no idea.

[katie]

I have nightmares that I witness exactly what is in that video

I have had reoccurring dreams like this too, for about the last 10 years. Haven't had one in a year though. I've never looked up what it means.

[Lhalo]

I have had reoccurring dreams like this too, for about the last 10 years. Haven't had one in a year though. I've never looked up what it means.

Those dreams were a prelude to the Angels 2013 season.

[Everling]

I can't believe we still risk American lives in that Hellhole.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I can't believe we still risk American lives in that Hellhole.

 

The flight was evacuating equipment. As far as the plane pitching to the right and then nearly leveling off before it impacted the ground, a 747 pilot on CNN explained that rolling the plane over onto one wing and then leveling it as it descends is a way to recover from a stall. The pilot simply didn't have enough altitude to succeed in what he was trying to do.

 

One thing that I'm sure didn't help is that due to the danger of being shot down, pilots leaving Bagram use a much steeper angle of ascent than is normal for a routine flight. A higher pitch means more strain on the anchor points and the chains restraining the cargo, and it may have just been too much.