visibility Similar

code Related

A Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway at Roberts Field. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt

A Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot leans to one side as it straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway at Roberts Field. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt

A Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway at Roberts Field. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt

Firefighters and airport workers at Roberts Field gather around a Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot. The aircraft skidded into a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway after a failed takeoff attempt

A ladder leans against the cockpit of a wrecked Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot as the aircraft straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway at Roberts Field. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt

A firefighter at Roberts Field examines a Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot as the aircraft straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt

An aerial view of a damaged C-141B Starlifter aircraft resting in the grass at the end of the runway. The aircraft was damaged when it slid off the runway during a landing

A damaged 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft lands safely on the runway. The aircraft landed short of the runway at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, damaging the landing gear and was flown to Dobbins for repairs by Lockheed Corp

German and American security personnel at Rhein-Main Air Base apprehend two teenage Czechoslovakians who hijacked a Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft, seen at left. No one was injured in the incident

A right side view of a crashed Tupelov Tu-154C cargo aircraft belonging to the Soviet national airline Aeroflot. The aircraft failed to clear the ground on takeoff and skidded to a halt in a ditch approximately 200 meters past the runway at Roberts Field

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Monrovia

Country: Liberia (LBR)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

label_outline

Tags

right side view tupelov tu tupelov tu cargo aircraft c cargo aircraft soviet airline aeroflot airline aeroflot ground takeoff halt ditch meters runway roberts field side view staff sergeant soviet union high resolution tupelov tu 154 c cargo aircraft roberts field lee corkran civil aviation passenger aircraft airlines public domain aircraft photos us national archives monrovia liberia
date_range

Date

10/01/1989
create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

label_outline Explore Roberts Field, Aeroflot, Airline

Air-to-air left side view of a Soviet Tu-16 Badger E aircraft

A U.S. Marine with the Combat Logistics Battalion 15,

TSGT D.K. Kottwick, loadmaster, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, helps members of Co. C, 3rd Bn., 325th Inf., Airborne Combat Team out the door as they drop from their C-130E Hercules aircraft. The squadron is supporting an Army training and evaluation program (ARTEP) mission

Brig. Gen. Jose M. Rosado, Commander, 65th Regional Readiness Command, was allowed to come aboard American Airlines and speak to the members of the 266 Ordinance Company from Puerto Rico and support troops of the Continental U.S. (CONUS) who have just arrived to Puerto Rico from Kuwait. Here we see a pilot from American Airlines getting names put onto the American Flag. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Bonet) (Released)

An air-to-air right front view of a C-21A aircraft from the 1375th Flying Training Squadron

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

U.S. Army Africa, Joint Public Affairs Support Element,

Service members deployed in support of Operation United

A U.S. Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter lifts off as members of the 98th General Hospital's Rapid Deployment Team set up a casualty station during a demonstration conducted as part of the U.S.-African Medical Symposium. Medical personnel from the U.S., Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Zaire are attending the three-day symposium, which is sponsored by the U.S. European Command

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, hanging from the side of the destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) below the helicopter pad, is tied off with support ropes. The helicopter crashed on takeoff due to an engine failure

Squadron Commander LT. COL. Bruce Wright, at podium, brief members of the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron on the first daylight attack of Operation Desert Storm.

Crowds throng around the Brandenburg Gate following the structure's official opening

Topics

right side view tupelov tu tupelov tu cargo aircraft c cargo aircraft soviet airline aeroflot airline aeroflot ground takeoff halt ditch meters runway roberts field side view staff sergeant soviet union high resolution tupelov tu 154 c cargo aircraft roberts field lee corkran civil aviation passenger aircraft airlines public domain aircraft photos us national archives monrovia liberia