Large photo: a World Cargo MD11 tipped over in Afghanistan

[Stratofreighter]

...but apart from the location Bagram AFB, and that it happened during offloading this late October/beginning of November, not much is known (for now ) about this incident...

[Stratofreighter]

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Very slowly details and piccies come to light. The above were taken from
http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/pho ... 2/page-625 .
"Beter kunnen is zelf uploaden"...

3565. Because I finally get to see a plane sit on its a$$ and not the pilots! Nice job World Airways MD-11 crew!
3564. you can see a World Cargo flight act like it's taking off all day long...nice job guys!

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[Stratofreighter]

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Someone indeed dug up a better photo...

[Michel]

Someone forgot to place a tailstand?

[jfaltena]

So the donkey has hit the stone twice as a Dutch proverb says... a while ago I've seen some pictures from a Korean Cargo MD11 with the same 'problem'

Grtz, John

[michel N]

This happened before to the MD-11/DC-10 family. Is this aircraft so vulnerable to tipping over while being (un)loaded?

[Hurricane]

This happened before to the MD-11/DC-10 family. Is this aircraft so vulnerable to tipping over while being (un)loaded?

The center of gravity is behind the wing engines, around the center main landing gears and the tail engine does kick in extra loads on the rear ... if you mistake this and shoot something heavy to the rear inside you end up like this

[cHabu]

Rookie mistake during loading / unloading.

[pjotrtje]

The center of gravity is behind the wing engines, around the center main landing gears and the tail engine does kick in extra loads on the rear ... if you mistake this and shoot something heavy to the rear inside you end up like this

Err, not trying to be pedantic, but aren't all CoG's behind the wing engines? AFAIK an MD-11 isn't more prone to tailstrikes than a B747 (which you would expect if the aircraft was more tail heavy than a B747), and the CoG movement while loading is roughly the same. I suspect that a simple mistake is the basis for the tipping over, not a basic error in the design of the MD-11...