Originally Posted by
Niner Lima Charlie
Several news items have provided a few bits of information:
(1) One of the engines was located today, some distance from the main wreckage.
(2) Several bodies were recovered from farm fields, some distance from the main wreckage.
(3) At least one, perhaps two, open parachutes drifted down, empty.
(4) At least one parachute, still packed, was found some distance from the main wreckage.
(5) The two main impact areas are about one mile apart.
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Not sure of the situation in the KC130-T, but in the C130's I've operated two parachutes were stowed on the rear of the 245 Bulkhead at the forward end of the cargo compartment.