Originally Posted by
rattman
and I didn't disagree with you, what ever reason they had enough time to put it down for a soft water landing but not make it back to the ship. I have heard it was an almost complete hydraulic failure of the aircraft, if it was fuel they wouldn't have grounded the whole fleet and they would know fuel was short and would have had the a crash boat / RHIB already launched
To be fair, grounding of the fleet is a pretty standard reaction until a cause is known.
Last edited by evilroy; 14th Oct 2021 at 22:27.
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