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In reply to the discussion: Crash of 747 caught on dashcam in Afghanistan (video) [View all]Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)but it looked like they were in trouble from the beginning when they appeared on the video. The maximum angle allowed between the ground and the pitch of the aircraft is 20 degrees as stated in the limitations section of the flight manual. They clearly were in excess of that. Poorly or unsecured cargo can shift aft with the application of takeoff thrust and exacerbated by the rotation motion of liftoff. Sometimes you can hear it happening or even experience an uncommanded pitch up of the aircraft's nose and abort the takeoff if it happens early enough. But once you get to the point of it being time to lift off and it happens, you may or may not have enough elevator authority to counteract the situation. This poor guys didn't. Thankfully, I was in the first situation and am still here. Hard to watch.