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Not much more information, but it's happened a few times. https://www.iprr.org/comps/T82story.htm https://www.iprr.org/comps/T82story.htm https://encyclopedia
by inferiorhuman 3y ago
Not much more information, but it's happened a few times.
https://www.iprr.org/comps/T82story.htm https://www.iprr.org/comps/T82story.htm
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/c130-crash-of-1970-18150/ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/c130-crash-of-197...
https://www.defensedaily.com/hercules-crash-in-baghdad-points-to-metal-fatigue-in-c130s-wing-center/uncategorized/ https://www.defensedaily.com/hercules-crash-in-baghdad-point...
- dotnet00 3y agoBut the most recent incident you've cited is 18 years old. I'd hardly say "they keep falling off and they keep flying them" for that.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoFor context the Electra, Lockheed's penultimate airliner, lost its wings twice. After that airlines stopped buying it. Meanwhile the FAA put out another wing related AD for the C-130 in 2021. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/14/2021-10262/airworthiness-directives-lockheed-martin-corporationlockheed-martin-aeronautics-company-airplanes https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/14/2021-10...