Wings fall off c-130 tanker plane

[kellyhound]

Holy crap.

[kellyhound]

Another plane that loses his wings in midair

[güttsfükk]

June 17, 2002 : While fighting a fire in northern California, the starboard wing of a C-130A Hercules, N130HP, former USAF 56-0538, c/n 3146, operated by Hawkins & Powers Aviation, came off as the centre wing box failed during a pull-out from a drop near Walker, California, followed less than a second later by the port wing. It rolled inverted and crashed into the forest, killing all three crew. This second C-130A fire fighting crash, coupled with the loss of PB4Y-2, BuNo 66260, N7620C at Estes Park, Colorado on July 18, 2002, resulted in the Interior Department canceling its contract for all heavy tankers.

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[Xfactor]

[TheCapn]

How the?..I always wondered if they really had a "make the wings drop off" button on a plane..and now i know.

[BOTA:146]

Too many rough landings.

[Johndoe123]

damn the second vid aswell thats a plane not meant for acrobatics its a twin otter, that fall was long I bet they had time to think about the ground.

C130s are old really old if that was used to be in the military aswell.

[drm82]

[OneSkiWonder]

The first video is a known problem which is why all water tankers on fires today have specially designed structures to withstand the g-forces with the sudden loss of 6,000 gallons of water, foam or detergent. That plane wasn't the first to have that happen to, nor was it the last. RIP the crew members.

[etown780]

Horrible way to go out, especially fighting fires. Fucking shitty way to die. RIP. You guys are heroes, thanks