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Hercules Crash In Baghdad Points To Metal Fatigue In C130’s Wing Center

Steve Scott
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"Whirl-Mode" Phenomenon May Also Be At Play When a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hercules crashed about 19 miles northwest of Baghdad on Jan. 30, the natural assumption was that it had been brought down by enemy action. The brass weren't so sure because it had spun down from an altitude that should have been above the range of a shoulder-fired missile. An opportunistic insurgent group released via al Jazeera a hastily cobbled-together video of flaming wreckage and a non-MANPADS (man-portable…

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