US Air Force Finds Runway Pothole

[Michael OLeary]

Interesting technique:

http://regimentalrogue.com/sharefiles/0c130-Overview.jpg

http://regimentalrogue.com/sharefiles/1c130-lside.jpg

http://regimentalrogue.com/sharefiles/2c130-rside.jpg

http://regimentalrogue.com/sharefiles/3c130-back.jpg

http://regimentalrogue.com/sharefiles/4c130-farback.jpg

I have no details on the incident, hopefully all of the crew survived without any serious injuries.

 

[casca]

Ouch!!! there goes a perfectly good Herc to waste damm pilots breaking the airplanes again  :dontpanic:

I hope all the crew is ok too.

 

[Inch]

Quoted from Sam69's post on cfpilots.ca (it wasn't him, but that's how the quote seems to read)

Last week one of our C-23 Sherpas flew into a US operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway. Yet there was no NOTAM (notice to airmen). A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked. Its 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 NOTAMed or anything. A C-130 landed on the runway the night of the 29th and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a largepit on the runway.

A few pictures are attached. The C-130 was totaled. 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.

I think it's safe to say the aircrew had nothing to do with this one. All the more reason to fly helos, runways are lame.

 

[George Wallace]

Pics of the accident are here:

http://63.99.108.76/forums/index.php?showtopic=7609

It wasn't your ordinary Herc either......



Gw