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One of the most spectacular occurred in 2013 when an American Boeing 747 cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram air base north of Kabul en route to … A National Airlines Boeing 747-428 cargo plane carrying military vehicles crashed on departure from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Monday, killing all seven occupants aboard the airplane. The Dubai-bound Boeing 747-400 was operated by National Air Cargo and crashed just after takeoff Monday from Bagram Air Base around 11:20 a.m. local time, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement Tuesday. Image of Boeing 747-400 seconds before it crashed after taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afgthanistan on April 29, 2013. All seven crew member were killed. The plane, a contractor-operated Boeing 747-400 carrying vehicles and other cargo, does not appear to be under any attack in the video. At least one armored vehicle had come loose and rolled backward, crashing through the airplane's rear bulkhead, damaging it. A National Airlines (NAL) Boeing 747 freighter crashed on take-off from Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, in April 2013 because the five large military vehicles on board were “inadequately restrained”, said the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Image of Boeing 747 seconds after its crash after taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on April 29, 2013. [13], The loadmaster was 36-year-old Michael Sheets, who had worked for the airline since 2010. At the time of the crash, the airline had been operating between Camp Bastion and Dubai for a month. All seven crew, all of whom were U.S. citizens,[6] died: four pilots, two mechanics, and a loadmaster. [13][14], The crash interrupted the New Zealand Defence Force's (NZDF) withdrawal from Afghanistan, as it was only hours away from using another National Airlines aircraft to fly equipment out of the country; after the crash, the NZDF indefinitely postponed using National Airlines for its airlift requirements. One of the most spectacular occurred in 2013 when an American Boeing 747 cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram air base north of Kabul en route to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The team will be composed of three NTSB investigators, as well as representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, the NTSB said. Footage purports to show the moment a Boeing 747 US cargo plane crashes on its ascent from Bagram airbase, Afghanistan on Monday. National Airlines was based until recently at Michigan's Willow Run Airport, west of Detroit. [4][5] The aircraft then took off from Bagram's runway 03 at 15:30 local time and was climbing through 1,200 feet (370 m) when its nose rose sharply. The dashcam footage which appeared on … The video taken from YouTube appears to show the crash of the Boeing 747, even though the time stamp on the camera is off. "His influence in the lives of all of us who loved him is immeasurable, and our grief is indescribable.". 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