How many engines supposedly failed? It should have been ok with 3 engines.
The C-130 is a fairly large plane, but it's not 'massive'. It's not a C-5A. Well, unless they've made it much larger since I was in a group that flew on one from Athens, Greece to Norfolk, Va in 1968.
I have seen at Hill AFB, UT the multi-acre under one roof C-130 rebuild facility! The C-130’s are taken apart to every bolt and nut. These C-130’s are “new” when they leave Hill AFB, air frames and engines! Age of a particular C-130 after they went thru Hill, AFB rebuild is of no concern.
Now that said: Has this C-130 been to Hill AFB for rebuild?
I have been in a C-130 a couple of time when there was an engine failure on takeoff.
She kept right on climbing.
This is somehow, someway, pilot error.
The C-130 is known to be reliable and resilient, maybe the most robust plane ever built.
Hell, they’re still building them.
Engine failure is just a guess and nothing but a guess. There’s nothing about it in your linked article so I’m providing one.
...I’ve seen many land with one engine out....
My sister retired from the GANG. A close knit community. This crash was very hard emotionally on them.
I don’t think there’s one country in the world that doesn’t have at least one C-130 or the Russian knock off.