May 1 2013
Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan [video]

Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram Air base in Afghanistan

On April 29, 2013 on the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, a freighter 747-400 (National Air Cargo) crashed after takeoff. The plane appears to have stalled. There were seven crew members, none survived the accident. It seems that the loading of the aircraft has moved moving the center of gravity of the aircraft.

National Airlines, the U.S.-based cargo carrier, Flight NCR102.

Bagram airfield crash 29 apr 2013
A civilian cargo plane crash at Bagram Air Field north of Kabul in Afghanistan has killed seven people.

Six of the victims were from Michigan, National said; they were identified as Brad Hasler, Jeremy Lipka, Jamie Brokaw, Rinku Summan, Michael Sheets and Gary Stockdale.

The other victim, Timothy Garrett, was from Kentucky.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said his group shot down the aircraft and that “several foreign soldiers were killed.”

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