Remember the C-5 Galaxy that crashed when overloaded evacuating South Vietnamese in 75?
Yeah, mostly orphans onboard. Cruel world.
In 1988, I met the loadmaster that was aboard that mission. He was on the upper deck which had a good number of survivors. No one had an accurate count of the orphans and passengers that were sitting on the main cargo deck - some were blown out of the AC when the pressure door failed and others will killed when it skidded into a rice paddy outside Tan Son Nhut. The AC was not overloaded in terms of weight....the rear pressure door was not fully locked and it failed as the AC was gaining altitude.
HighSierra5 wrote: “Remember the C-5 Galaxy that crashed when overloaded evacuating South Vietnamese in 75?”
Wikipedia attributes that crash to a decompression of the aircraft caused by a failure of the rear door.
One of my first assignments at Fort Hood was verifying load plans for the C5A. There was only one load that reached maximum weight capacity for the C5A, two M60A1 Tanks. I rather doubt you can put enough people on a C5A to cause an overload.
>>>Remember the C-5 Galaxy that crashed when overloaded evacuating South Vietnamese in 75?<<<
I was slated to be on that plane during the airlift (a volunteer), but my orders were changed at the last instant. Kind of like my order to Viet Nam, that were changed to the Philippines . . .
I love the God-directed life!
The C17 is a beast it’s Max payload is 170900 freedom units we lbs with an average maj weight of 150# that’s 1140 of them. That cargo hold is packed full with just 640 of them. So as was to be expected since people are not that sense the cargo capacity is volume limited not weight limited. That flight only flew for an hour or so to a friendly airbase and off loaded them to be flown later to military bases in the U.S.
The 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident only had 314 people on board it cause of crash was not overloading it was mechanical neglect when the rear locks on the cargo ramp let go under pressure taking the door with it and clipping the control cables leading to a loss of primary flight controls. I have seen every episode of why planes crash and mayday and aerial disasters it’s a hobby of mine. I typically watch those shows on my tablet while flying love the looks of the people next to me ha. I fly 25+ times per year
Never bothered me once to watch aircraft failure while on an aircraft.