heres some snippets for what their worth...
Eyewitness accounts point to an explosion just after takeoff, with
flames bursting out the side/rear, quickly engulfing the aircraft, the pilot ejected successfully, however his condition is unknown, hes been transferred to a local hospital.
The aircraft is in two peices, rear fusalage and forward fusealage/and forward fusealage/cockpit area at the end of the runway. a report mentions the F/A-22 was 'unarmed', one report said the aircraft split in two before hitting the runway, another the plane broke up after hitting the deck.
Another quote from Eye witness :-
"I saw a flame shoot straight up to the sky. The plane did a barrel
roll and then it came up and started tumbling and about two seconds later, or less, i saw a big ball of flame."
Could be uncontained engine explosion, or a fuel tank explosion, what else could cause such a large emission???
More woe:-
Quote:
An Air Force water tanker truck took a corner too fast getting out to the crash and rolled. The accident caused only minior injuries to
Nellis firefighters.
Anyone know which Raptor was involved it was from the 422 T and E sqdn? 4012?