MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Boeing 747 crash at Bagram Airfield caught on tape

> > Feel bad for the pilots. No way they were getting out of that jam at such a low
> > altitude. Very impressed they were able to get 'er level at all before hitting the
> > ground.
>
> Friends of mine with pilot experience indicate the video is basically a textbook
> example of the center of gravity going horribly wrong, probably due to cargo not
> being strapped down securely and sliding around. They manage to start to correct for
> it (which is super difficult) but doing so caused whatever was loose to slide in
> another direction. Brrrrrrrr.

Completely agree, looks very much like his load shifted.

I made it 70% of the way to my A&P, and then switched career paths after some long and hard thought as to "What if my wrench is responsible for xxx...". Seems odd to 180 on such a silly what-if, but it's situations like this [among others] that make glad I don't fly anything I produce.

I know I wouldn't want to be any of the guys that loaded that plane...