My mash of some video of the testing of an idea for rescuing US hostages in Iran in 1980.
The mash titles explain the basic mission idea, incredible as it was.
The downward facing rockets failed on the last attempt, but the idea was sound.
Now go take a look in Google maps for the US Embassy in Tehran and the nearby football stadium that was to be the landing field.
Complete "Thunderbirds" idea, but for real.
The hostages were released after negotiation prior to this operation being put into effect.
That last C130 crashed in testing, but all crew survived.
(My understanding is that the fires were put out within ten seconds of the aircraft coming to a stop)
Full story here
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I think there's the basis of a great action film here, but if you promoted it as 'based on true events', well....