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C-130 Belly Landing at RAF Brize Norton

  • 06-05-2010 8:57pm
    #1
    Steyr
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    A C-130 Hercules has landed "gear up" at RAF Brize Norton

    Pic: http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&p=58123#p58123

    Apparently he was doing Circuits. Crew got out ok, Apparently made the call "takeoff abandoned" too and a VC-10 was diverted to RAF Lyneham, thats all i have.


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  • #2
    Steyr
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    Just another bit, the Aircraft in question is an RAF Hercules C-130K "XV304" C/N:382-4273.


  • #3
    Steyr
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    DATE:07/05/10
    SOURCE:Flightglobal.com

    By Craig Hoyle



    The UK Royal Air Force is investigating the cause of a training incident
    involving a Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transport, which has halted
    activities at its Brize Norton air base in Oxfordshire since yesterday.
    Aircraft XV304 blocked the runway at the RAF’s main transport hub after it
    made a wheels-up landing, causing fresh disruption to the UK’s “airbridge”
    between the base and Afghanistan.
    The RAF’s joint aircraft recovery team will attempt to move the stranded
    Hercules from the runway this afternoon, enabling it to restore normal
    operations. The Ministry of Defence says the mishap has caused only “minor
    disruption”, and that affected flights have been diverted to alternative
    locations.
    Delivered in 1968, XV304 is one of the RAF’s remaining 14 operational
    C-130Ks. The type is being gradually removed from service, with its
    capabilities to be replaced by around 22 Airbus Military A400Ms. No-one was
    injured in the landing incident.

    Used to transport personnel and equipment to Afghanistan, the UK’s airbridge
    was also suspended for several days in early April due to the effects of the
    ash cloud caused by an Icelandic volcanic eruption.
    The 8 May landing incident has exposed a potential weakness in the RAF’s
    plan to base all of its air transport assets at a single base with only one
    runway. Brize Norton is already home to the service’s Boeing C-17 airlifters
    and Lockheed TriStar and Vickers VC10 tanker/transports, and is now being
    prepared to also accommodate its 14 replacement Airbus A330 Future Strategic
    Transport Aircraft.
    The service is also making preparations to move its remaining C-130Ks and 24
    C-130Js to Brize Norton from RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, with the latter base
    set for closure.


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