On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:30:16 PM UTC-5, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:37:41 PM UTC-7, Jeremy Keeling wrote:

Video of a 747-400 freighter crash on 29th April 2013.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzC1j1ddkRI



Stall/spin caused by aft CG from shifted load or just plain overloading?



Mike

Could also be a technical issue with the trim system. There have been failures in the past where the trim indicator in the cockpit did not accurately represent the actual trim position of the elevators/horizontal stabilizer/trim tabs and the aircraft subsequently took off with nearly full nose-up trim.

Tough video to watch...