Russian Antonov An-12 loses its $368 million cargo of silver, platinum and diamonds on takeoff from Yakutsk airport

This is as funny as it gets. Any freight dog knows there are wing bend, max floor, max takeoff weight limitations and they get exceeded regularly and bigly on occasion. The funny part is this time it wasn't dog food, oil field equipment ,or sacks of potatoes. That's what has been happenin since it was built "at least" before 1973! Wish they had been over my house. Can you say structural failure?

Meanwhile the local mob leader is really pissed and shot someone.

And, just to toss my own thought in, I'll put a wager out there that vodka was involved, too!!

Some people will be shot.

Why would anyone send such valuable cargo on a single airplane?

Oh, I see they are Russians. All the intelligent people are intefering with American elections.

Im sure it’s being returned as we speak.

Ha ha - suspicious much! Gold and silver, not cheap wine or vodka...those sneaky Russians.

A few pictures and even video:

http://www.aviationanalysis.net/2018/03/russian-AN12-suffers-cargo-door-failure.html

All we have to realize is that they are Russians that's all.

What an expensive problem.

Gee that doesn't sound suspicious at all!!