https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVL8RifMQ-s
take a look. This is what happens when “balance isn’t designed into an airline”. Why do you think the Air Force has loadmasters? (Didn’t serve in the military either, did you).
take a look. This is what happens when “balance isn’t designed into an airline”. Why do you think the Air Force has loadmasters?
That was National Airlines Flight 102.
Four pilots, two mechanics, and one loadmaster perished in that crash.
The airplane, a 747-400, was carrying three armored vehicles and two mine sweepers, adding up to 80 tons of cargo.
At least one of the armored vehicles got loose and slammed into the rear bulkhead, damaging key hydraulic systems, making it impossible for the flight crew to compensate for the load shift.