Lobster Walk

[bonefishpete]

tribunemedia.net

#TWO pilots escaped injury after a 1941 DC-3 carrying about 6,000 pounds of lobster veered off the runway during take-off at West End Airport, Grand Bahama, on Monday.

#The DC-3 had flown in from Fort Lauderdale to collect freight for export when it struggled to get airborne. Around 2.30pm, the vintage aircraft briefly lifted off the runway before dropping back down, skidding left and ploughing into bushes along the airport’s northern perimeter, about 50 feet off the tarmac. The plane was damaged, but both pilots walked away uninjured

 

[Daleandee]

Too much lobster on board made for a crappie landing ...

 

[Bill]

They made due in a pinch!

 

[Daleandee]

Seems the lobsters won't be the only ones in hot water ...

 

[Jim Carpenter]

Now the plane looks a mere shell of its former self.

 

[flyingron]

What happened to the lobsters?

 

[eman1200]

I'll bet this was the Maine attraction at the airport

 

[Brad Z]

What happened to the lobsters?

Sadly they couldn’t claw their way out…

 

[MauleSkinner]

Sadly they couldn’t claw their way out…

All because of those silly rubber bands. Seems rather shellfish on the part of the industry.

 

[robin ardoin]

Sadly they couldn’t claw their way out…

Actually, a rather apropos statement being that Caribbean 'lobsters' have no claws!

 

[Half Fast]

Actually, a rather apropos statement being that Caribbean 'lobsters' have no claws!

Yep. That’s why this load was tail-heavy.

 

[3393RP]

Grooooan! You guys crate some bad puns.

 

[Half Fast]

Grooooan! You guys crate some bad puns.

Well, you don’t have to get so steamed.

 

[Brad Z]

Actually, a rather apropos statement being that Caribbean 'lobsters' have no claws!

Ding ding ding!!!!

 

[MauleSkinner]

Ding ding ding!!!!

Lobsters done?

 

[M20K]

Engines not producing full power? 6,000 lbs is not a lot for a DC-3 (if I remember correctly).

 

[Omalley1537]

You could see the pilot’s face turn red when he knew he was cooked…

 

[Zeldman]

Sad to think this plane might sit in the weeds for 10 years before getting parted out.

 

[Half Fast]

Sad to think this plane might sit in the weeds for 10 years before getting parted out.

But the lobsters should grow pretty big by then.

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

Buoy that won't buff out.

 

[Albany Tom]

"So I was stuck on this island with 6000lb of lobster and a guy that didn't check to see if they might have put Jet-A in the plane..." Wild guess, I don't want to draw either conclusions or butter.

 

[TwinWasp]

Engines not producing full power? 6,000 lbs is not a lot for a DC-3 (if I remember correctly).

Part 135 maxes out at 7500 pounds but it isn’t 100 miles to Ft. Lauderdale so you’d only need a couple hours fuel. One hundred gallons an hour burn so 1200 pounds of fuel would be fine.