Load shifting
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Load shifting is a dangerous phenomenon in water, air, and ground transportation where cargo shifts in a cargo vehicle. This causes the vehicle to tilt, which causes even more movement of the cargo, a
Container ship Barzan on its maiden voyage en route to the Port of Hamburg on June 29, 2015
National Airlines Flight 102
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National Airlines Flight 102 was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between Camp Bastion near the city of Lashkargah in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, with a refu
Load shifting
…the center of gravity, causing the plane to be more difficult to control, or even causing a crash. Examples of crashes caused by load shift include National Airlines Flight 102 in 2013, and the 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash. Similar to shipping many countries have rules for loading aircraft. There are no worldwide regulations but…
Aerial view of the crash site
N949CA, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2012
The horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft at the crash site
Another view of the wreckage