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Nov 29^th, 2008 at 5:19am

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Anyone know if this is fake? It seems fake to me, hard to believe a C-130 would just fold up and crash like this since the bird is built to land in the harshest of conditions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDNCac2N1o&feature=related

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Reply #1 - Nov 29^th, 2008 at 5:34am

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It is real. I remember seeing it on the news shortly after it happened. It was some time back and I think it may also have been reported in the newspapers.

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Reply #2 - Nov 29^th, 2008 at 10:24am

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Holy crap. What happened. Overstress on the wings on pullout or something like that, or was it something more complicated?

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Reply #3 - Nov 30^th, 2008 at 12:35am

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Just too many duty cycles and less-than-perfect inspections, combined with pulling up when there was probably still a lot of retardant left in the tank.

http://www.1001crash.com/index-page-description-accident-HPA_C130-lg-2.html

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Reply #4 - Nov 30^th, 2008 at 1:15am

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That all makes sense. It looks so surreal in the video though, I thought it was fake. I never imagined a C-130 just folding up like that, such a rugged plane, I guess everything has limits...wow.