The importance of communication
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The importance of communication
The C-130 lost!!!
Subject: C-130vsRunway Construction
Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction. A lack of communication over in Iraq. Last week, a C-23Sherpaflew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway. Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked.
It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction.They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to higher headquarters and to the Air Force.
Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'edor anything. A C-130 landed on the runway during the night and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 wastotaled.
There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite a set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
Subject: C-130vsRunway Construction
Here's what happens when you don't properly "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) an airfield under construction. A lack of communication over in Iraq. Last week, a C-23Sherpaflew into a U.S. operated airfield in Iraq during the day and saw there was construction equipment on the runway. Yet there was no NOTAM. A trench was being dug in the runway, and it was not marked.
It's a long runway and they just landed beyond the construction.They filed a safety hazard report that was immediately forwarded to higher headquarters and to the Air Force.
Well, it seems the construction continued and still was not marked or NOTAM'edor anything. A C-130 landed on the runway during the night and didn't see the construction. It wound up going through what is now a large pit on the runway. A few pictures are attached. The C-130 wastotaled.
There were several injuries to the crew and the few passengers that were on board but luckily nobody was killed. Quite a set of failures somewhere in the system regarding this improper construction and no notifications about it.
ouch that must have hurt!
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