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by mrtksn 2791 days ago
There's actually a fascinating video if a cargo plane crashing just after a take off due to large cargo not secured properly and moving and changing the center of gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M01RmcKsm2k
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To be a little more descriptive, it's a dashcam video from a vehicle driving near Bagram Airfield, and you see the plane crash in a way that makes it clear that the entire crew are killed.

Some more detail from the Wikipedia entry[0]:

"On 2 June 2013, investigators from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan confirmed the load shift hypothesis as the starting point: three armoured vehicles and two mine-sweeping vehicles, totalling 80 tons of weight, had not been properly secured. At least one armoured vehicle had come loose and rolled backwards against the airplane's rear bulkhead, damaging the bulkhead. This also crippled key hydraulic systems and damaged the horizontal stabilizer components - most notably the jackscrew, which rendered the airplane uncontrollable.[10] Control of the aircraft was therefore lost, with the abnormal pitch-up rotation, stall, and crash to the ground ensuing.[1] The damage made it impossible for the crew to regain control of the aircraft."

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102