Juba-bound plane carrying American soldiers crash-lands on Ugandan road

[Backseat Dane]

Juba-bound plane carrying American soldiers crash-lands on Ugandan road - News - thecitizen.co.tz (http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Plane-carrying-US-marines-crash-lands-in-Uganda/-/1840340/2389438/-/6d477lz/-/index.html)

No one seems to have been hurt ... can't quite figure if it's a civil or military aircraft?

[indaloamman]

It's a CASA 212 under contract to DoD. Find it hard to believe they dried out the tanks, though

[Um... lifting...]

The article gives its registration number. Looking up that registration gives you a CASA 212, which matches the photo in the article. The registration is a U.S. civil registration. Military aircraft have a completely different numbering system.

N604AR - Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa CASA-212-200 - Ep Aviation Llc (http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft.asp?tn=N604AR)

[Maxan_Murphy]

Plane carrying armed soldiers somehow runs out of fuel and lands on busy public road, do you know what they call this in Uganda? Friday.:E

[500N]

Wing tip is nice and close to the edge Did well.

I can understand why they use civvy looking aircraft.

[Hotel Tango]

Hmm, looking at the picture I'd say it was more of an emergency landing rather than a crash landing. The a/c appears to be more or less intact.

[kirungi1]

http://www.monitor.co.ug/image/view/-/2389448/highRes/790570/-/maxw/600/-/9qo7d6/-/news002px.jpg


http://www.monitor.co.ug/image/view/-/2388848/highRes/790249/-/maxw/600/-/xg5e03z/-/latest04+pic.jpg

US plane in emergency landing - National - monitor.co.ug (http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/US-plane-in-emergency-landing/-/688334/2389446/-/11dxp6j/-/index.html)


In the circumstances, this was a brilliant job well done and brings credit to this profession. :D I know that Country well; look at the terrain for an example! Find that spot and making that decision could have taken a slit second. Super!

[sleeper]

from the link: my bolding.


An aircraft carrying US troops made an emergency landing yesterday morning at Kiwawu village on Mityana Road after it ran out of fuel in flight.

Not such a briljant job after all

[kirungi1]

sleeper

"In the circumstances" is what I used to mean that very moment - the "now" moment for the crew. We don't know why it was turned back and so I wouldn't speculate on the crew's planning ability.



More photos
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/657741-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-mityana.html

[moosp]

Would that be UN aircraft? What are US troops doing in a white tail CA212 in that part of the world? Or is that an Academi operation, or whatever they call themselves these days.

And from the photo, I do wish troops in uniform or fatigues would not walk around with their hands in their pockets. I would have been "ON" fatigues if Sgt. Major caught me like that.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Place I once worked.... a Beech 18 flown by a real seat-of-the-pants USAF vet called to say he had an oil problem and was going down to fix it. He landed on a main road, got some oil at a local garage, topped up the engine and took off!

[kirungi1]

Moosp

I would have been "ON" fatigues if Sgt. Major caught me like that.

The guy could be Sgt.Major himself, So he lays the law - just saying!

[halwise]

Looks like some of Erik Prince's mob, "Frontier Resources". He's busy building an Oil refinery is Southern Sudan at the moment......

[smujsmith]

Certainly looks like a job well done to me. No casualties, and a pretty serviceable looking aircraft. The niceties of how they came to be in that position will obviously be uncovered eventually, rather this than yet another wreckage site though. Well done the crew.

Smudge:ok:

[rh200]

If it ran out of fuel.

Then

Running out of fuel= Major fail.

Landing in tricky circumstances= Extremely well done.

Major fail + Well done =0

So that could mean, a major frown at the pilot, or a good sever kick up the bum followed by a commendation for a landing:p.

[500N]

followed by a commendation for a landing

What do you give a civilian ?

[Buster Hyman]

Guilty by Internet is alive & well. :rolleyes:

[500N]

OK, guilty, first time I have seen it written that the aircraft was US Army.