Puerto Rico Air National Guard C130 crash

[BillyVance 34]

It was apparently on its last flight, on the way to Arizona to be decommissioned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c-130-military-plane-was-on-its-last-ever-flight/ar-AAwFUBH?li=BBnb4R7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=ldwWfQb4Odo Plane can be seen starting at 23 seconds. And again at about 2:40. This second camera view shook from the force of the explosion.

Anybody have any idea what might have happened? Just for speculation's sake.

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[ryoder 1,380]

BillyVance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=ldwWfQb4Odo Plane can be seen starting at 23 seconds. And again at about 2:37.

Holy shit!
When I heard a news report that it dove nose-first into the ground, I thought it was just sloppy reporting.
I didn't know there was video!

ETA: First guess at the cause: Flaps did not retract simultaneously?

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[irishrigger 31]

To low and to slow. To me it looks like the aircraft stalled and lost control.

[SkymonkeyONE 3]

Damn.......

[Bob_Church 7]

SkymonkeyONE

Damn.......

I know. I've got too many friends riding in the same planes for the same reason.

[Phil1111 901]

"The plane, from the 156th Airlift Wing in Puerto Rico, had been in Savannah for "a number of days" undergoing routine maintenance before heading to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Arizona, he said. AMARG, also known as "The Boneyard," is an Arizona facility where the military keeps thousands of aircraft, as well as spacecraft.
Boone said he couldn't specify what type of maintenance the aircraft underwent."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/us/military-plane-crash-savannah-georgia/index.html