Herc Down
 

Guys and Gals, I'm sorry to be the one to break this. Sky News is reporting a British Herc down outside Baghdad. My thoughts are with the crew and families.


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Edited to provide a link: Sky News

British Hurcy down
 

acc. to german news TV (n-tv) a british Hercules crashed near Bagdad....
Hope that proves to be wrong.

Herc Crash
 

Thoughts to family and friends, and to the Herc fleet.

TR

Any idea which Sqdn?
 

I'm not military but my fella is based at Lyneham and currently near Bagdad flying Hercs.

Would really appreciate any news you might have.

We're not married or living together so I wouldn't expect to hear officially.

It would appear from initial reports that noone got out, at this point it's impossible to speculate cause, all I can say is thoughts and prayers are with the whole force and their families at this awful time.

db

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4220649.stm

looks like it has......
:(

BBC reporting it too
 

BBC Radio 4 reported a British C-130 crashed between Baghdad and Balad in their 1500 bulletin. No further info provided

More info?
 

Please can anyone tell me if they find out which base or sqadron they're from?

He's 47th from Lyneham

Terrible news, all thoughts must be with the families, friends and colleagues of those lost.

what a very sad day. all our thoughts are with the families and friends of the crew and passengers.

Awful. Hope that it isn't as bad as it could be..........

A sad day.

Little_Bee-eater, if all you have right now is access to the news/internet, a good news trawling website is www.newsnow.co.uk

Very sad news, my thoughts are with the families of those involved and with the Herc fleet as a whole.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said of the crash: "It has just happened and it is one of ours."

sky news are reporting c130 C1 - but noone else has said that yet-

know of several j crews who have called home saying they are ok, but no further details.

sad day.

JustCraig,

Don't rush. Rumour only hurts people unnecessarily. You'll find out soon enough. (Even if you aren't the one to report it - registered today?)

The short version is, it's one of ours.

Lets wait for the official version and hope for the best.

Propulike,

Yes of course, you are right. No point in getting myself or others worked up. I think I'll sit on my hands and go and watch the news again. Thanks.

I don't know...
 

...where the crashed plane came from

JustCraig,

I hope you simply didn't read the post from the concerned lady properly, hence your question. If you're a journo s*d off. Thoughts for all Albert mates and families.

sky news filling endless minutes with waffle and 'military' experts saying what it could/couldn't be etc etc - waste of time and it just creates speculation.

i just wish they would report the hard facts and save the discussion for when they have the whole picture.