C130 Emergency Landing at RAF Lakenheath Engine Failure

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Watch this intense footage of a C130 making an emergency landing at RAF Lakenheath due to engine failure. See the skilled pilot in action!
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[@Liberty-wing]

At this time I'd like to express my heart felt sympathy to the family and crew of the spitfire pilot that sadly lost his life at RAF Coningsby last weekend

[@tonyf9076]

Just so we can honour him fully, his name was Sqn Ldr Mark Long, RIP Sir.

[@Liberty-wing]

@@tonyf9076 thank you, God bless him and his family

[@chriswhite5601]

An Excellent Typhoon display pilot also! I'm pretty sure he could have made any fighter perform magic in the air.

[@Liberty-wing]

@@chriswhite5601 so sad

[@brianwillson9567]

How many lancaster and halifax pilots would regard a three engine landing a walk in the park? C130 jockeys must be well trained for this eventuality.

[@Liberty-wing]

Take my hat off to those heroes probably became normal to them

[@ricardogastmann9688]

Good answer "liberty"...I imagine how worry is this situation... greetings from south of Brasil 🤗

[@Liberty-wing]

Yes pretty scary if we were on it bet they were cool as

[@stephensmith4480]

To those Brave Gentlemen it would have been just another day at the office 🙏

[@Liberty-wing]

@stephensmith4480 definitely

[@knoxyish]

as smooth as you like!! great skills by the pilot ! an of course the Lakenheath fire department ready to act as usual!!

[@Liberty-wing]

Oh yes a great job by all as always 👏

[@trvman1]

Darn thing can fly on 2 engines, so this was not a "big" emergency.

[@a-fl-man640]

losing an engine on a 4 engine aircraft isn't a major problem. losing an engine on take-off with a heavily loaded twin is another matter. from the thumb the engine must have fallen off as only 3 appear, no need to feather it if it's gone.

[@Liberty-wing]

They done a great job bringing it down, I noticed when it took off earlier it didn't sound right

[@michaelfrancis7072]

The engine hadn't fallen off, you can clearly see the prop as it comes in to land.

[@Liberty-wing]

The thumb is ai it's not real

[@Liberty-wing]

@@michaelfrancis7072 he's saying about the thumbnail the thumb is ai generated so it looks like the engine fell off

[@VictorAndDad]

Not only a 3 engine C-130 but it's got 2 vertical stabilizers. One in the center of the plane. Thumbs like this just make ya want to skip it. Makes all the content suspect so why bother.

[@duanejohnson6271]

Good training equals a good outcome in the event of an emergency.

[@Liberty-wing]

100% agree the crew over at lakenheath are certainly some of the best in the world

[@LeslieMatheson]

Three engine approach and landing? Hardly an emergency in a C-130. Not even a reportable mishap by the regulations.

[@Liberty-wing]

I hear you, but the pilot reported it an emergency hence the fire department from lakenheath on standby

[@mogzybuster]

@@Liberty-wing That's standard procedure with a shutdown engine, also most of the time engines are shut down as a precautionary measure and the true faults turn out to be minor, but prepare for the worst and hope for the best is the policy which is why catastrophic failures are rare. Not an infrequent event.

[@twoheadlines]

Emergency declared following the failure of a single engine on a C130. I thought such robust aircraft would be more than capable of landing with even less engines functioning! Gives the "Fireys" a bit of practice though. 😉😉

[@Liberty-wing]

One engine apparently, I think with recent events safety first

[@alankipling-pm2kg]

Enjoyed the video, took me back to my days on the crash line at Lyneham when it was operational with our C130 fleet. 👍

[@Liberty-wing]

Thank you much appreciated, I've got one a few weeks ago of an f15 taking the wire also

[@robshirewood5060]

My father was there as an Air Cadet when they had Britannia's he said they had seats which faced the rear for safety in crash landings. He said they had the best Airmen's mess in the UK too, superb food

[@AuditRecon]

I was trained in an O11A at Randolph AFB Tx. In 1973-74.

[@Liberty-wing]

Bet you have some tails to tell

[@AuditRecon]

@@Liberty-wing Randolph was home to the T37 & T38 Trainers. Lots of hydraulic emergencies..

[@AuditRecon]

@@Liberty-wing I still smell the JP4.

[@Liberty-wing]

I'm a truck mechanic I must say I hate the smell of that stuff just like gear oil once you have it on you, you can't get the smell off lol

[@ricardogastmann9688]

Mechanic truck? Wow! Wonderful job 👏👏👏 If you love it and have the correct tools (like pneumatic tools...) is a pleasure work... one more time, greetings from south of Brasil 🤗

[@rjs1138]

Haha, caught this on FlightRadar yesterday. Glad to see the crew rtb without a hitch, the bird will be back on exercise in no time! 🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@Liberty-wing]

Think it was out this morning

[@stephendavies5000]

What have you done with the front picture?

[@Liberty-wing]

Lol it's ai generated quickly made to get the video out, only the eagle eyes notice it

[@proteusnz99]

Well trained crew followed procedure and recovered safely. Presumably engine was deliberately shut down, since the propellor was feathered, no evidence of fire or damage to wing, flaps.

[@123danyk123]

Excellente vidéo de l’atterrissage d’urgence qui c’est heureusement bien terminé! Quel travail du pilote du C-130! ❤🎉😮 Je comprend le tremblement de la caméra! 😅🫨🎥

[@Liberty-wing]

Thank you

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

I'm surprised how long it took the fire engines to roll out. Even in a non emergency scenario, I think I expected them to be chasing the aircraft up the runway.

[@Liberty-wing]

If you look there's loads up the other end already, they deployed them both ends and they then followed

[@user-wl4cl1ph3b]

Fire drill as all 4 props were still turning?

[@vanquished6583]

Ah, the dreaded three engined approach.. ;) Well handled by the crew.

[@Liberty-wing]

Certainly was the fire crew were on it up the other end also, well done all

[@c123bthunderpig]

One engine down? Looks more liked a drill than emergency. Lakenheath hasn't changed much since 1965.

[@Liberty-wing]

It was only one, but the pilot called it an emergency over the radio

[@c123bthunderpig]

@@Liberty-wing had to be a FNG, one engine down on a C 130 is a piece of cake. Will go agaisnt his career.

[@mikecusac3406]

Why did it not land at Mildenhall,must have spare engines there.

[@Liberty-wing]

Not sure it took off from lakenheath not long before it returned, it was out of Germany I believe

[@mrwest5552]

? starboard outboard ?

[@mwales2112]

Been on a couple of those flights...

[@Liberty-wing]

Not sure I'd want to be on one let alone a couple

[@mwales2112]

@@Liberty-wing The most memorable one was flying from Labrador Canada to Mildenhall, England across the pond and about half way we had to shut an engine down..

[@Liberty-wing]

Wow that must be scary when your over water like that, I take my hay off to all the service men and women across the world your all brave individuals

[@mwales2112]

@@Liberty-wing Loved my job and happy to serve... Been retired 24 years now with so many great memories.. ty

[@Liberty-wing]

My grandfather was in the raf and my dad was in the army as a sniper, I always wanted to fly planes but got into trucks lol and never had the chance to fly until this week I had a go at flying Monday and loved it

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

Three engine landing in a Herc nothing to it In my time in Heerkes, we lost two engines once still made good landing

[@Liberty-wing]

2 engines must have been a bit heart in mouth

[@almac2598]

OMG! The dreaded 3 engine landing.

[@Liberty-wing]

Indeed

[@ToddHendry]

What is with that thumbnail?

[@Liberty-wing]

It's an ai thumb it's slightly strange lol

[@Liberty-wing]

I sometimes use ai so I can get the video out

[@ukar69]

Oh the thumbnail! I once generated a B-52 photo for something I was doing. It looked hideous.

[@Liberty-wing]

@ukar69 yeah I just edited it so hopefully it's more realistic now, I didn't even look at it really, I noticed the issuses after I uploaded it, probably kill the video now I've changed it but hey

[@jamesspencer6171]

Why not just land at Mildenhall just a few miles away? I think the aircraft was flying in the direction of Mildenhall before it turned about to come back to the Lakenheath runway? Maybe a training exercise?

[@Liberty-wing]

It had been at lakenheath in from Germany earlier in the day I think getting ready for deployment

[@shooter2055]

He still has three turnin'/burnin'. Is there a problem here?

[@Liberty-wing]

He reported an emergency but he brought it down safely

[@timkrouse345]

Immediately upon landing, I would file for honorable discharge and full retirement/disability benefits due to PTSD 😆

[@Liberty-wing]

Nice thinking lol

[@TS-STORM]

Not a fan off LEFT EAR AUDIO considering im fecking deaf in that ear ffs

[@Liberty-wing]

I know sorry I noticed my mic isn't working the other day

[@karstendoerr5378]

This is not an emergency landing, but a safety landing. A safety landing is when the pilot decides to land in order to avoid an imminent emergency situation that does not yet exist at the time of this decision. The pilot therefore has sufficient time to fly to a suitable airfield or to search for a suitable area for an off-field landing. Reasons for a safety landing may include Unexpected weather phenomena that make it impossible to continue flying or turn back Instrument failure Unusual behavior of an engine (but not yet an engine failure) During the flight it is determined that there is not enough fuel to reach the planned airfield During a visual flight without night flight authorization, it is determined that the next airfield can no longer be reached before nightfall Failure of an engine on multi-engine aircraft(!) Illness without acute danger to life Illness of a pilot

[@Liberty-wing]

Appreciate your input, but they called it an emergency over the radio, it circled round overhead requesting to land due to engine failure

[@karstendoerr5378]

@@Liberty-wing Okay. However, this is the definition of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). I don't know whether other definitions are valid for the military.

[@Liberty-wing]

@@karstendoerr5378 I'm not sure about that either, I think they were just being careful I'm sure the guys flying it had it under control, better safe than sorry

[@karstendoerr5378]

@@Liberty-wing I see it the same way.

[@stevemcentee2880]

The C130 can fly on ONE engine

[@Liberty-wing]

Wow that must be difficult to keep level

[@stephenp8086]

Yes , when I flew on C-130s, 1965-1969, a C-130 lost 3 engines over the Atlantic. They jettisoned the load and landed in the US on one engine. I think it was an "A" model 130.

[@Liberty-wing]

@stephenp8086 wow it's amazing they can fly like that

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

No it can't. 2...yes.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Stop being so dramatic, they had 3 engines left.

[@Liberty-wing]

They did

[@Trevor_Austin]

Emergency? No. Not with a four engined aircraft. Even with a normally loaded two engined aircraft it’s not an emergency. If you’ve only got one engine…

[@Liberty-wing]

Several people agree with you on that but the pilot reported as an emergency over the radio so I can only imagine more was going on perhaps

[@gort8203]

@@Liberty-wing That's because it's the modern military and they are afraid of being criticized for not being cautious enough However, FAA regulations allow a 4-engine airliner to continue to its planned destination after failure of a single engine. They allow that because a simple engine shutdown is not really an emergency at all.

[@Liberty-wing]

Yeah maybe because the spitfire pilot was tragically killed in a crash the weekend before they had to do more, but we did hear them requesting emergency landing over the radio at the time

[@gort8203]

@@Liberty-wing You don't seem to get the point that landing with 3-engine is not dramatic in any way, regardless of what the requested on the radio.. If they had a fire or other problems on board that necessitated an immediate landing would be a real emergency, but not a simple 3-engine landing. Maybe there is more to this story. Or maybe they were just talking up an abundance of caution to avoid any possible criticism -- after all, a passenger might stub a toe deplaning.