Aft Shift News Today

Aircraft, the aft shift, if one vehicle broke loose, the nose moved forward. as you saw on the video, the nose came through or fell forward and the cargo that came back will now move forward. so that creates a real instability for the pilot to try to control. >> i remember the seven americans lost their lives and their condolences to all of their families. an appalling tragedy and quite extraordinary footage. thank you for joining me. well be right back. [ male announcer ] can gravity be used

Ensure that the cargo is distributed properly and properly secured. one of the things that investigators are going to have to find out is how they secured those vehicles and the other cargo, and to see where those vehicles were loaded in the aircraft, the aft shift, if one vehicle broke loose, the nose moved forward. the cargo that moved back will now move forward. that creates a real instability for the pilot to try to control. >> i remember the seven americans lost their lives and their condol...

Scenario may well turn out to be simply that the cargo being so heavy was just placed on the plane. and it was in such a steep grading, thats what flipped it. >> cargo airplanes when you load a cargo airplane. they have whats called the load master, he happened to be on this particular flight when the airplane crashed. its his responsibility to ensure that the cargo is distributed properly and properly secured. one of the things that investigators are going to have to find out is how they secure...