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PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:53 pm 
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I'll let you Youtube the footage, but all I could think was 'you poor bastards, nothing you can do...' 747-428 (CF), l/n 25630 originally F-GISE then TF-NAD then N 949CA

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From ASN
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130429-0
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A Boeing 747-400BCF cargo plane, operated by National Air Cargo, crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base (BPM), Afghanistan. A base spokesman said the aircraft crashed from a low altitude right after takeoff. A fire erupted. An air base official reported that all seven crew members were killed in the accident.
Bagram Air Base has a single concrete runway, 03/21 of 11819 feet (3602 m) in length. According to eyewitness reports, the airplane attained a very steep nose-up attitude immediately after takeoff from runway 03. It rolled left and right and entered a stall, descending towards the ground until it struck the ground near the end of the runway.

Reportedly N949CA operated into Bagram as flight NCR510 from Châteauroux Airport Airport (CHR), France on April 28. The identity of the accident airplane has not yet been confirmed by authorities.

A thunderstorm with Cumulonimbus clouds was approaching the air base at the time of the accident. A weather report shows winds began shifting from 100 degrees at 09:55 UTC to 350 degrees at 10:55 UTC. Accident time was about 15:00 LT / 10:30 UTC:

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That is horrible...

Any idea of the age of the aircraft?


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Here is a photo of the aircraft in question from last year. I didn't want to steal the pic.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/National-Airlines/Boeing-747-428M(BCF)/2043057/L/&sid=57790b2aa611b94faab1b9886d2bf68d

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