Transall C-160 Was On Its Final Flight To A German Museum

A C-160 Transall military transport plane on its way to becoming a museum display missed its final final approach and landed short, very near a group of spectators who had come to see the airplane's arrival.

According to a report appearing online in The Blaze, the incident happened in Ballenstedt, Germany. Nearly 1,000 people had gathered near the runway threshold to watch the airplane land. A video posted on YouTube shows the airplane on approach, but the pilot apparently got behind the power curve and the airplane touched its main gear on a road just beyond the runway threshold. There were several onlookers within a few feet of where the airplane touched the ground.

The aircraft continues on to the runway, and there were no injuries associated with the incident. The German newspaper Bild reports that the incident would not be investigated as the 44-year-old airplane was being decommissioned and would not be flying again.

The incident reportedly actually took place in October, but the video has just now begun to go viral, according to The Blaze.

The Transall C-160 was originally developed by France and Germany, and was employed by the militaries of those two countries as well as South Africa. It is being replaced by the Airbus A400M. The airplane will be displayed at the Wernigerode Air Museum.

(Image captured from YouTube video)

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