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Herc down in Afghanistan! (Read 187 times)

Nov 11^th, 2005 at 4:12am

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A C-130 has crashed 20km north of Kabul this morning. No more details at the moment!

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Reply #1 - Nov 11^th, 2005 at 7:31am

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It's an An-12, not a herc

Eyewitness report: "The plane was swaying from side to side and flying very low. There was no smoke coming from it. It then slammed into the mountain"

And when the An-12 doesn't smoke, there is something wrong with it

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Reply #2 - Nov 11^th, 2005 at 7:37am

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Don't worry, according to the BBC the crashed aircraft was rumoured to be a Pakistani operated, Soviet built transport aircraft, most likely to be a C-130! Time they got a transport/aviation correspondant I think...

Reuters say it was an Il 76 apparently, but I'd understand the "C-130" and An-12 confusion...

Typical press trying to report the "facts" that they don't know... Angry

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Reply #3 - Nov 11^th, 2005 at 8:26am

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Sorry I heard it on the radio and checked the BBC News website which also said C-130! Ruddy journos Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Nov 11^th, 2005 at 8:44am

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They're all the same. So interested in getting a scoop that they can't be bothered to check the facts. The so-called "aviation experts" they employ know less about aviation than my little granddaughter. Roll Eyes

This is just something we happen to know a bit about. If they can get this so wrong what hopes are there that the rest of what they publish is any more accurate? Undecided

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