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747 Crash Info

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  1. Bob Parks

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    Nov 29, 2003
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    Robert Parks
    I don't know how to transfer info from email to AV-Chat so I'll do it by hand. This info is from a Boeing guy in training with the NTSB and got this data from one of the investigators.

    The CVR/FDR stopped working on rotation.
    There were fuselage, engine, and tail parts left on the runway.
    There were 7 MRAP armored vehicles on board.
    They took on 48,000 pounds of fuel at Bagram.
    Five of the vehicles were huge and had 5 foot diameter wheels that didn't fit the chocks on board.
    The five vehicles weighed 33 metric tons EACH.
    Pallet straps were not strong enough to restrain 72,000 lbs.
    The 280,000 lb. floor load limit was exceeded by 90,000 lbs.
    One MRAP dug a crater deeper than any of the airplane wreckage.
    If one of the MRAPS broke through the pressure bulkhead it would have wiped out most if not all of the 4 hydraulic systems.

    Assumptions are that the load broke loose and shifted aft on or before rotation.
     

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