This Landing Was the Pits: Image Gallery

Editorial Staff

Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A C-130 aircraft was destroyed after landing at night on a runway that was unknowingly undergoing construction or maintenance.
The accident was attributed to the flight crew being unaware of the runway's unserviceable condition.
This article provides previously inaccessible images detailing the C-130's destruction for readers.

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A number of readers were unable to view the images associated with thedestruction of a C-130 that touched down at night on a runway that was (unbeknownst to the crew) undergoing a facelift.

We’ve stripped the images out of theoriginal PowerPoint presentation and present them here for your benefit:

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