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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Saw a C130 yesterday over Tuscany and was wondering what was going on.
Very sad and I hesitate to speculate but two things come to mind (for me):
1. It's a 6 seat aircraft but 6 people doing a mountain crossing leads to wonder if the aircraft was within it's weight limits. Wouldn't take much luggage to put it over.
2. Seems an odd decision to begin a mountain crossing in a single engine aircraft near dusk.
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Yeah, after fuel the max payload is only about 1000lbs, doing a mountain flight I wouldn't even think of approaching that, either the pilot took a massive and frankly stupid risk or there were a couple small kids aboard.