allardjd 1,853 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/07/10/plane-crashes-leflore-county/466582001/ Not much info except that the AC was home-based at Cherry Point MCAS, in North Carolina and apparently had a serious problem at a fairly high altitude. I saw one report that wreckage is scattered over a 5 mile area, suggesting a mid-air breakup. The last contact with ATC was reported to have been at 20,000'. Fortunately, no one on the ground was hurt, or at least none reported so far. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Tragic John, it was on our news too. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Terrible thing. Hope that the cause is found soon and ensured that it isn't repeated. Condolences to the entire Marine family. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Sad news, some reports said they saw it spiralling down. Blue Skies Guys. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 A very bad accident with a horrible amount of human loss, I feel for all those involved and their families. Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 So so sad. I hope they get to know the cause. Thoughts go to all families and friends of all on board. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 I saw another article that claims most aboard (other than the aircrew) were elite USMC special forces types and one Navy Corpsman, going to the west coast for some purpose. Their equipment included some "munitions", enough to be on pallets and the presence of that material along with fuel made the site of the main wreckage potentially hazardous. There's no detail on the nature of the stores aboard but the article suggested that the quantity was more than trivial. Interestingly, there's a suggestion that the possibility of some of the load shifting is being looked into - no word whether that's simply one plausible scenario being looked at or if there's some evidence to suggest that might be a cause. John Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Who would want to be an Air Load Master? As you state John, the load shifting is just one theory at the moment. Lets hope everyone and everything is retrieved safely. Sad, sad, sad. Link to post Share on other sites
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