Timestamp: 00:10:12 – 00:11:35
Topic: Observing the explosion of Stinger 41 and tracking bailing crew members
Tom Wasco: “…After I’d been airborne for about an hour, all of a sudden I see this bright explosion to my east, and I look, I immediately saw the AC119K get hit and the right wing caught on fire, debris every place, and nothing but a big plume of smoke and fire coming out of the right side of the airplane. And I knew the airplane was doomed at that point…
The incredible heroism of these men that day is something that I’ll always remember… The co-pilot was the last one out of the airplane. Bailed out so low that his parachute just barely opened before he hit the trees, and, but he was rescued.”