That second one is actually the scene you get to see in the South of Sudan...I flew into the Darfur region in an IL-76 and then drove to Nyala with my uncle...and there are many dirt strips down there...and many AN-12's take of like this...all upto the pilot whether or not to run them over
Sorry to bring this post back up...the first pic shows an AirTran A320 with it's engine cowling missing...the flight was from Atlanta to Los Angeles when this incident occured...