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B2: There wasn't any formal plan for having that many people on the deck of the plane, much less any multiple levels.

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Aug 17 '21, 09:54

Credit to the loadmaster and crew of that plane as they figured out how to make it work and flew rather than kicking people off the plane

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/08/inside-reach-871-us-c-17-packed-640-people-trying-escape-taliban/184563/ (www.defenseone.com)

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Yeah, that's a LOT of people and a serious concern for the pilots. Gotta keep the nose down or your cargo shifts to the rear, which would be very bad. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 09:59 4
- Indeed. Though the C-17 can fly remarkably slow for its size and has corresponding low stall speed. More for the people barely restrained to keep - JD Aug 17, 10:10 [youtube] 1
  - I'm always amazed something that large can get into the air at all. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 10:40
- so, no loop-the-loops? -- nm - decline Aug 17, 10:05 1
  - You'd start a loop and pretty quickly pancake into the ground. There are several videos of large cargo craft losing lift due to - TWuG Aug 17, 10:11
agreed on the IM -- nm - prayformojo Aug 17, 09:57

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