C-130 plane crash in Norway.

Medic82 · **on:** March 17, 2012, 08:53:01 PM

2 days ago a Norwegian C-130J Hercules crashed in the mountains in Sweden http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17389034 http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/03/15/norway-military-plane-feared-crashed-with-5-aboard They have found pieces of wreckage no bigger than a piece of A4 paper and body parts so the crew where most likely killed. The freaky part about this is that a good friend of mine was in Sweden waiting to be picked up by this plane, a former co-worker works at the base where the Hercules are stationed so he knew the crew very well and I knew the female officer since we worked at the same base when I was in the military. Please give some thoughts for the family of the crewmembers.

Ashley · **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:07:39 PM

Thoughts and prayers sent. $:-\$

edcgear · **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:12:05 PM

Thoughts and prayers!!

Craig · **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:21:00 PM

RIP

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:22:04 PM

That's an awful lot of plane to go down. You rarely hear of a C130 coming down the hard way despite there being so many of them in service around the world. Flying on a Herc is often considered one of the safest jobs in the air because of their reliability record.

Sorry to hear about this buddy.

Def

Medic82 · **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:45:28 PM

True that it’s really rare that a Herc go downs but God only knows what happened until they find the black box, they crashed right into a mountain and blew up so I really don’t know what went wrong. But I am really just glad that they crashed before they picked up my buddy and his company and not on the way back.

Chain Gang · **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:51:32 PM

So sad.I have spent many hours on a C130 both in Viet Nam and the states.My thoughts and prayers go out the the crew and families.

Steinar · **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2012, 10:11:47 PM

Here's hoping families and friends get through this... and the black box gets found and can give some sense of closure. This crash is a big deal in Norway, which can both help those left behind and be a burden...