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11-01-2005, 06:15 PM
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Fairmont Ghia
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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Ok, I get alot of aircraft incident and accident reports in my job (in the Air Force, I train Hornet pilots), but this one stood out, so I thought I'd share it:
Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction. A lack of communication over in Iraq. A C-23 Sherpa flew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway. Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction. They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to our higher headquarters and to the Air Force wing based here. Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'ed or anything. A C-130 (Hercules) landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totalled. There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite the set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.      Incredible waste of aircraft and potential loss of life. Just goes to show in my field of work, the smallest slip of mind, forgetting to do something, or being lazy or just plain stupid, has the very real potential to kill. Tim |
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11-01-2005, 06:17 PM
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Tricolore Tard
 
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Far out, they are lucky to have not been killed that is for sure
That is crazy ! Chris
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11-01-2005, 06:19 PM
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Supes
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geez...that plane sure is a write off.....when I was at BHP safety, tagging equipment, work notifications were rammed into your brain every day so you wouldnt forget shit like that and cause a stuff up...
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11-01-2005, 06:19 PM
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PWNZ3D (tm)!
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11-01-2005, 06:22 PM
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Last warning
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oops :o
thats messy!
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11-01-2005, 06:32 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Wow, what a waste. Someone is gonna get in the shit for that one.
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11-01-2005, 06:56 PM
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Lucifer's Angel
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 : Oops.
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11-01-2005, 07:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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wtf does this mean????? i hate that sms $hit. looks like a communication breakdown, the email system must have gone down under the weight of all the porn that circulates
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11-01-2005, 07:25 PM
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Rocket Fuel Anyone?
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, S.A.
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It means "owned" and is often written in leet (l33t, 1337).
Some stupid-**** language computer geeks use. Is that kerosine gushin from that plane ? |
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11-01-2005, 09:53 PM
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Fairmont Ghia
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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The C-130 uses turboprop engines, which use A1 Jet Fuel, which is basically a diesel fuel. Not sure what the aircraft was carrying inside also.
Tim |
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11-01-2005, 10:00 PM
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Number 5 is alive!
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Typical yanks.
Yes vanGelder Jet A1 is Aviation Kerosene. Nice pics Timmy. :P
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11-01-2005, 10:00 PM
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trying to get a leg over
 
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Bloody hell, what a mess. Awesome photos
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11-01-2005, 10:33 PM
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(all lower case, no numbers, no z's) jeez you fail at being a geek :P |
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11-01-2005, 10:53 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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So what happened to the displaced threshold,maybe my old eye's are letting me down but I see no evidence of it ,unless those strips of white material are it. Ok we are war zone but does that preclude landing lights. Also it would appear he has come in short of the piano key's.Also this C-130 has some peculiar appendages and no markings. Perhaps I could hazard a guess and say yank cowboys...ummmm..CIA..maybe.
Just my 37 years in the RAAF and ARFF.
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11-01-2005, 10:57 PM
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d'oh...
just lucky it wasn't as worse as it could have been.
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11-01-2005, 11:11 PM
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Fairmont Ghia
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Bit of a mess! Tim! |
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11-01-2005, 11:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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So you were there for "Pitch Black" then....so how did you find the BRA and the FRA,still freakin hot?
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11-01-2005, 11:37 PM
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Fairmont Ghia
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Not wrong - had a few intimate moments with some wildlife there too, haha.
What suprised me was how busy the airport is, especially as we had four other air forces there too, from memory, including the French. It also doubles as the civilian airport, as you'd know, very busy! Tim! |
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