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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: megimoo on May 01, 2008, 10:02:47 AM
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RAF pilot crash-landed £69million fighter jet after 'forgetting to put the wheels down'
"Ow are they going to get yelled at !"
An RAF pilot crash-landed a £69million fighter jet at 130mph after apparently forgetting to put the wheels down. The state-of-the-art Eurofighter Typhoon careered down a runway without its landing gear down and experts are now investigating how the accident could have happened. The pilot and the co-pilot, from 17 Squadron, were on a training exercised in California and miraculously walked away from the high-speed crash unhurt. The plane, which has a top speed of 1,500mph, was flying... snip
The Eurofighter has a warning system to alert the pilot if wheels fail to come down.
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An RAF insider said told The Sun last night: "Everything points to the pilot forgetting to lower the wheels, which does happen from time to time."
"There's no evidence at present to suggest the airworthiness of the aircraft has been compromised and the aircraft therefore remains safe to fly. "....Gear up and at 130mph,on it's belly,Yeh, right,my ass !"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=563179&in_page_id=1770
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Definitely a career-limiting move.
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So the RAF will be having a "scratch & dent" sale soon? :fuelfire:
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...and for the rest of his life he'll have a nickname like "Skidmore" or something... :-)