FACh C-130 Missing

[JPilot9]

A Chilean C-130 lost radio contact on its way from Puntas Arenas to King George Island in Antarctica.

Chilean plane en route to Antarctica disappears with 38 on board

The Chilean Hercules military transport aircraft disappeared while en route to an air force base.

www.bbc.com

 

[melax]

I hope and pray for and outcome ala "Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 --Alive"
38 Souls On Board

Chilean plane en route to Antarctica disappears with 38 on board

The Chilean Hercules military transport aircraft disappeared while en route to an air force base.

www.bbc.com

 

[fholbert]

The Chilean Air Force announced Monday evening that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing after taking off from an air base in Puntas Arenas, Chile. The C-130 was bound for the Eduardo Frei Montalva air base in Antarctica.
The Chilean Air Force said that the plane went missing at 6:13 p.m. local time and it is now presumed "wrecked." According to a release, officials continue their search operations where the plane lost contact in the hopes of rescuing survivors.
..............................

Narrative:
A Lockheed C-130H of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile Grupo de Aviación Nº 10 is missing near Antarctica after radar contact was lost by ATC at 18:13 LT.
There are 38 POB.
"The C-130H, serial reported as 990 (construction number 4776, and former US Navy KC-130R 160628 that was supplied to Chile in July 1995), brought the personnel to check on a floating fuel supply line and other equipment at the Chilean base."

 

[Skåning]

FACh C-130 Missing

A Chilean C-130 lost radio contact on its way from Puntas Arenas to King George Island in Antarctica. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50723907

forums.jetcareers.com

 

[Baronman]

Would a military transport have an ELT and or FDRs?

 

[FlyingAccountant]

They were pretty far from land when they lost contact and those waters are cold. Must have been something fairly catastrophic.

 

[ArcherII]

I live in Tierra del Fuego island, Argentina. There's a ARA S2 Traker that just departed from my airport, and last night there was also an FAAR C-130 doing SAR.

The Drake Passage is nasty, and almost no sea traffic. Waves can reach 15ft easily through the fetch effect from the heavy winds usually found in the area.

Nobody knows yet whatever happened to the Herc, considering that there might have been a massive failure.

 

[ArcherII]

It seems that some ships found some parts that belong to the Herc, floating some 30km south of last known position. Some personal items were recovered.

That was way sooner than I expected.

 

[JPilot9]

Where are you hearing there were personal items recovered? All that seems to be in the news is the tank foam.

 

[Wardogg]

All that seems to be in the news is the tank foam.

Dumbest thing we ever put money into. So many other improvements we could have made.

 

[melax]

No survivors in Chilean plane crash

Thirty-eight people were on board the Antarctic-bound transport plane that disappeared on Monday.

www.bbc.com

 

[ppragman]

I live in Tierra del Fuego island, Argentina. There's a ARA S2 Traker that just departed from my airport, and last night there was also an FAAR C-130 doing SAR.

The Drake Passage is nasty, and almost no sea traffic. Waves can reach 15ft easily through the fetch effect from the heavy winds usually found in the area.

Nobody knows yet whatever happened to the Herc, considering that there might have been a massive failure.

First off - badass, you live in Tierra Del Fuego?

 

[ArcherII]

Where are you hearing there were personal items recovered? All that seems to be in the news is the tank foam.

That is what the news were talking about. Now it is beimg informed that human remains have been seen.

 

[ArcherII]

First off - badass, you live in Tierra Del Fuego?

Yup.

Funny thing is that, more often than not, I can be flying the southernmost basic instruction flight in the world

 

[Murdoughnut]

Yup.

Funny thing is that, more often than not, I can be flying the southernmost basic instruction flight in the world

My wife and I flew into Punta Arenas on our honeymoon and did Torres del Paine for a week. Not sure I'll ever visit a place that beautiful again.

 

[Nark]

Would a military transport have an ELT and or FDRs?

Yes and no. However I can’t say how the Chileans outfit their aircraft.
Army aircraft have FDR’s and CVR’s, but no ELT’s. Each crew member has their own “ELT” if you will. In combat we also have other things that can get us located very quickly. However they need to be manual activated, unlike the G-force activated ELT.

 

[melax]

Crew of doomed Chile plane reported 'electrical failure' before crash

The message sent from the C-130 said that they would continue onto Antarctica before the plane plunged into the Drake Passage off South America with 38 aboard late on Monday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[CaptainYoda]

That's a lonely place to have an electrical failure.