Uggh. Plane Crash in Mississippi, Marines Dead - at least 16 dead (1 Viewer)

[Mister CIA]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/07/10/marine-corps-cargo-aircraft-crashes-in-mississippi-killing-several-crew-reports-say/?utm_term=.3f72a94cffee

 

[NutterButter]

That sucks

 

[Mister CIA]

Unpleasant Pics of burning pile of embers in, presumably, a cotton field.

 

[Limp Ditka]

:(

 

[Mister CIA]

5 confirmed dead, but 9 believed to be on board. I think I saw something that indicated the plane might have broken up at high altitude.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-plane-crashes-in-mississippi-5-dead/ar-BBEb6G1?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

 

[beer 30]

Sounds like it exploded at high altitude, was loaded with ammo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4683912/Military-plane-crashes-Mississippi-killing-six-people.html

 

[Mister CIA]

Sounds like it exploded at high altitude, was loaded with ammo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4683912/Military-plane-crashes-Mississippi-killing-six-people.html

Your link (the fine print) says 16 dead. Hope that is a typo.

 

[beer 30]

Your link (the fine print) says 16 dead. Hope that is a typo.

Sadly I think they revised up the number on board from the earlier estimates.

 

[Mister CIA]

Sadly I think they revised up the number on board from the earlier estimates.

Yes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/07/10/marine-corps-cargo-aircraft-crashes-in-mississippi-killing-several-crew-reports-say/?utm_term=.a86918f22cbb

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Well that's pretty friggin terrible.

 

[whoknew]

Awful news. RIP to those Marines.

 

[KCitons]

RIP Marines. Thoughts and prayers are with the family's. 

 

[Pickle Rody]

Has our illustrious leader made any comment, at all, yet? Press release? Twitter?

 

[belljr]

Those planes are freaking huge.

T&P to the families

 

[Weebs210]

Has our illustrious leader made any comment, at all, yet? Press release? Twitter?

Jesus dude

 

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Local news was brutal in their handling of this...

Early headlines blaring about "Memphis based large military craft crashing". The only memphis-based craft of that type are the C-17s flown by the TN Air Guard. A lot of my best buddies are in that unit (pilots/loadmasters/etc), and they were getting absolutely lit up with texts/messages checking on them.... families freaking out...etc. They, themselves freaking out that they may have lost buddies. 

Eventually word spread it was a C-130 out of Arkansas and things died down but the inaccurate reporting created a bit of chaos here initially. 

My heart goes out to the families of those on the plane that went down... I almost feel bad for being relieved to hear it wasn't a C-17. 

FWIW the C-130 has one of the best operational safety records in the military. 

 

[sho nuff]

:(

 

[avoiding injuries]

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[KCitons]

Man plays Taps for fallen Marines and Navy Corpsman