Israeli Air Force Hercules C-130 Slides Into Ditch During Scheduled Maintenance Two Civilians Lightly Injured

by Baruch PletnerJanuary 30, 2019January 30, 201905231

IAF C-30 Hercules “Karnaf” is the main transport aircraft in the IDF
*Copyright: Oren Rozen [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons*

An embarrassing incident happened this morning (Israel time) at a large air base in Southern Israel. Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules (IAF denomination: Karnaf), a heavy transport aircraft was undergoing scheduled maintenance by a civilian crew. As part of the procedure one of the engines was run up, but proper precautions were not taken and the aircraft advance on the ground about 100 meters (300 ft) and slid into a ditch where it came to a stop. Two civilian contractors were lightly injured. The incident is being investigated by the appropriate authorities.

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Baruch Pletner

Baruch Pletner is an entrepreneur, a scientist, an inventor, and a private pilot. He is passionate about education, the outdoors, and the war on globalism. Baruch holds a PhD degree from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. Born in Kiev to Zionist parents, Baruch spent the first ten years of his life in the Soviet Union getting an education in the evils of communism. Though both of his grandfathers were killed defending the USSR against Nazi invaders, Baruch was a victim of rampant anti-Semitism from as long as he can remember, making his departure for Israel in 1973 a very welcome event. In Israel, Baruch served in the Air Force as a Fire Control Officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery and took part in the First Lebanon War. While his career in engineering took him to Boston, Baruch has remained an ardent Zionist and supporter of the Jewish Nation, the Torah, and the Land of Israel. Fluent in three languages and a student of history and the classics, Baruch has been writing for tsarizm.com as the Hi-Tech Traditionalist for a number of years, covering the war on globalism, Russia, and Israel. Baruch resides in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with his wife of 33 years and their two dogs and one cat.

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