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According to sources in Sweden the plane disappeared from the radar, and communications was lost, at around 4 PM last night. The plane was then flying over the mountanious terrain on the swedish/norwegian border, about 50 nm west of it's destination (Kiruna Airport in Sweden, ESNQ), participating in a big international military training operation in the area.
Ground patrols, S&R Helicopters and other planes have been searching through the night, but hard winds, low visibility and the general weather in the area limits there chance of success at the moment. All flight operatoins were cancelled at 10 PM last night due to the weather. To make things even more difficult no signals for the installed distress beacon has been picked up.
4 crew and 1 passenger was on board for the flight, and while we can only hope that they are found in good health it isn't really looking good.
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A C-130 from the norwegian airforce crashed yesterday
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stu7708
, Mar 16 2012 08:01 AM
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 08:01 AM
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:45 AM
Wonder if the big CME disrupted instruments/communications.
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 11:43 AM
Still no progress in finding the crash site.
The latest news includes a map of the search area, roughly 5 times 2 kilometers, with the last two known radar positions. One from a civilian radar and one from the military radars. The positions are about 1 km apart, but registered at the same time, and there's about 400 feet difference in the reported altitude.
At that point in time the plane was at an altitude of 7 200 - 7 600 feet and considering that the peaks in the area are at about 6 950 feet that's very low even in better weather conditions. Not sure if they were supposed to be flying that low as part of their current "mission" or not.
@Dai: Is that still strong enough to cause problems? I thought the peak passed us about a week ago.
The latest news includes a map of the search area, roughly 5 times 2 kilometers, with the last two known radar positions. One from a civilian radar and one from the military radars. The positions are about 1 km apart, but registered at the same time, and there's about 400 feet difference in the reported altitude.
At that point in time the plane was at an altitude of 7 200 - 7 600 feet and considering that the peaks in the area are at about 6 950 feet that's very low even in better weather conditions. Not sure if they were supposed to be flying that low as part of their current "mission" or not.
@Dai: Is that still strong enough to cause problems? I thought the peak passed us about a week ago.
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 02:20 PM
Let's just hope for the best
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Posted 16 March 2012 - 02:24 PM
Not sure, Micke - a similar burst caused havoc in Quebec, a few years ago, but that was the electrical supply. Strong electro-magnetic effects in the atmosphere (aurora) only affect instruments at high altitudes (near the ionosphere) but GPS systems can be made unusable by geomagnetic storms (i.e. at any altitude). Just me thinking aloud, Micke! 
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 02:13 PM
http://www.foxnews.c...military-plane/
"Swedish rescuers find wreckage of missing Norwegian military plane"
Wreckage found - crew not found yet but "...nothing that indicates..." survivors.
Very unfortunate.
John
"Swedish rescuers find wreckage of missing Norwegian military plane"
Wreckage found - crew not found yet but "...nothing that indicates..." survivors.
Very unfortunate.
John
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 06:53 PM
Very sad indeed.
From what I've seen tonight there's not much left of the plane other than small pieces, it could well have been a controlled flight in to the ground...
Also, reports today suggests that they were below the MSA for quite a while before they disappered. Too have an experienced air force crew put themselfs in that position, in that weather, sound very strange.
And they just published that the plane most likely flew into the mountain ridge, exploded on impact and triggered an avalance that has spread and hidden the debris. Avalanche search dogs have also found, or indicated the location of, body parts.
Let's just hope they can find out what happened, but looking at the photos available it will be a big puzzle to piece together.
From what I've seen tonight there's not much left of the plane other than small pieces, it could well have been a controlled flight in to the ground...
Also, reports today suggests that they were below the MSA for quite a while before they disappered. Too have an experienced air force crew put themselfs in that position, in that weather, sound very strange.
And they just published that the plane most likely flew into the mountain ridge, exploded on impact and triggered an avalance that has spread and hidden the debris. Avalanche search dogs have also found, or indicated the location of, body parts.
Let's just hope they can find out what happened, but looking at the photos available it will be a big puzzle to piece together.
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