Plane carrying USC football team to Pullman tips onto back wheels on runway

KHQ-TV 6 ^ | September 18, 2021 | khq.com

[CedarDave]

Obviously too many of the 300 pound offensive and defensive linemen sat in the back.

[Hot Tabasco]

Football gear and fat assed linemen sitting in the back.......

[neverevergiveup]

Zactly..

[Bell Bouy II]

Me thinks the load master screwed up

[JonPreston]

Delta is the only way to fly.

[refermech]

Crazy! Did they get all the luggage off first causing the imbalance?

[dfwgator]

Flight On!

[ThunderSleeps]

Tail strike at ... 0 kts...

Yeah, look at all the luggage pulled out of the forward hold.

I imagine they had decent discipline in unloading, people got off the front of the plane first.

I wouldn't have thought mere passenger load in the tail would be enough to cause this though.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Ever been on a plane when the nose wheel touched first on landing?

A real heart stopper.

[SlipperySlope99]

And the kickers, punters and defensive backs were all sitting in the front section of the plane.

[Col Frank Slade]

Get off the plane Christie !

[Bonemaker]

Somebody not watching CG.

[CedarDave]

Ever been on a plane when the nose wheel touched first on landing? A real heart stopper

No and not likely as I'll avoid flying until the useless mask mandate is lifted.

[dfwgator]

Ping.

[Ken H]

It was just glad to be in Idaho.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Due to a shift in weight and balance during the offloading process...”

LOL! Now, THERE is one Load Master losing his job!

Glad the kids are OK. Traveling with beer kegs isn’t a smart idea, either. ;)

[monkeyshine]

[Parley Baer]

Clearly the weight and balance of the aircraft is off. Hahaha

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I’m surprised a California team allows their players to go to Idaho. They must have not made the ban list...yet.

[monkeyshine]

Commercial airlines carry freight and pallets of parcels in the belly too. Not just luggage.

You can tell just by looking at the plane that there isn’t a lot of weight in the front half of the fuselage. The wings also seem slightly set back which is usually where the fuel is. Then there’s the tail. Obviously load balance was an issue.