Abstürze von militärischem Fluggerät Einstellungen

[Major_Steiner]

Parallel zum entsprechenden Thread im Fahrzeugbereich gedacht, nachdem wir ja nur einen Thread für US-Hubschrauber haben.

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PHILIPPINES HELICOPTER CRASH-epa01016106 Philippine Air Force troops go around a military helicopter that crash-landed in an open field in Liloan, Cebu province of the central Philippines, 22 May 2007. Initial reports from Liloan police said that four military crew and two possible civilians were on board during the crash. No deaths were reported but passengers sustained injuries and were brought to a nearby hospital as investigation continues to determine the cause of the crash. EPA/STR

Gruß,
Major Steiner

[Major_Steiner]

4.September 2001: A-10 bei Trainingsflug zerschellt, Pilot konnte sich retten.

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Tuesday, September 04, 2001
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Fighter jet crashes; pilot ejects to safety

Training flight originated at Nellis

A fighter jet crashed Monday into an Arizona cliff near Mesquite about a half-hour after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base.

The pilot ejected safely before the single-seat A-10 Thunderbolt II struck mountainous terrain and burst into flames in the Virgin River Gorge about 100 miles northeast of Las Vegas in extreme northwest Arizona.

The Air Force is investigating the crash, which destroyed the $8.8 million aircraft.

Witnesses to the 1 p.m. incident said they saw the plane "mock dogfighting" and performing maneuvers such as dives and barrel rolls in the minutes preceding the incident.

Air Force officials said the pilot was on a routine, low-altitude navigational training mission and was not participating in Red Flag exercises at Nellis.

The twin-engine aircraft had departed Nellis about 1:30 p.m. in formation with two other A-10s, said Col. Steve Rapp, vice commander of the 57th Wing at Nellis. They were bound for Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., one of several stops in a cross-country exercise.

But crash witnesses Eddie and Traci Roberts said the maneuvers seemed anything but routine.

The Robertses were traveling on Interstate 15 on their way back to Las Vegas from Zion National Park when they noticed the three planes.

"They start swooping back and forth and flying low, doing barrel rolls, rolling from side to side," said Eddie Roberts, 33. "They were cutting back around canyon walls."

Seconds later, the Robertses said they saw two of the aircraft -- nicknamed Warthogs -- ascend and noticed a bright glint on the one that didn't climb.

"Then we saw it just hit the side of the mountain," Eddie Roberts said. "The explosion had to be about a hundred times larger than the aircraft itself."

Lt. Col. Joan Ferguson said she couldn't explain what the witnesses reported but suggested they might be misidentifying the aerial maneuvers they were watching.

"What the witnesses may describe as barrel rolls may not be what we call barrel rolls," she said. "While I don't doubt what they saw, their description would probably be different from ours."

Ferguson said pilots are authorized to maneuver aggressively to maintain safe terrain clearance.

The pilot of the crashed aircraft escaped the incident with only scratches and bruises.

"He's in good shape considering the circumstances," Rapp said at an afternoon briefing outside Nellis' main gate. "He's in a little bit of a shock, but he is lucid. ... He just was so glad that he was rescued."

The pilot's name was not released pending notification of relatives. All three planes belong to the 23rd Fighter Group based at Pope Air Force Base near Fayetteville, N.C. They were assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

Motorists traveling I-15 between Mesquite and St. George, Utah, reported seeing the jet drop from the two other aircraft.

Shortly after witnesses saw black smoke billowing from the gorge, the pilot set off a flare. He then trekked about 150 meters with his parachute in tow to a site where a Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue helicopter could safely airlift him, Rapp said.

He was flown to O'Callaghan Federal Hospital at the base, where he was expected to be kept overnight for observation, base spokesman Mike Estrada said.

When the police helicopter landed at the base, the pilot was able to get out and walk without assistance. The two other A-10 pilots flew their planes back to Nellis for interviews about the incident, Estrada said.

When asked why the New Mexico-bound planes were flying toward Utah, Rapp explained that the training exercise's flight path was not in a straight line.

The pilots were instructed to first go north, then turn east, then south. The crash site was near one of the three turning points on their route, Rapp said.

A-10s are designed for close air support of ground forces. According to the Air Force, A-10s flew 8,100 sorties during the Persian Gulf War, launching 90 percent of the Maverick missiles used in Operation Desert Storm.

Monday's accident was the first crash of a fighter that took off from Nellis since March 23, when a German Air Force fighter-bomber participating in Red Flag exercises crashed about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Both crew members were killed.

Die Wrackteile wurden anscheinend nur teilweise geräumt, eine private Gruppe hat später Fotos gemacht:

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Gruß,
Major Steiner

€dit: Beschädigte A-10 Thunderbolt II vom 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

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