Standing right next to me as I write is a visitor from the UK and a former member of 64 Sqn who , as I did, witnessed the incident, and the aircraft was landing. It may well have just taken off, but it was definitely completing a normal landing phase when it all went wrong! It did end up in the Jurong area! It had done the downwind bit and turned onto finals. The guy standing next to me was an armourer, who shared in the two crates of beer [only two!]provided by the pilot and nav! My understanding was that it was throttle locks that engaged, not control locks, without which being disengaged aircraft would surely never have got off the ground?
The pilot, incidentally, had a previous ejection to his credit! I wasn't offered any beer!
Last edited by Samuel; 28th Feb 2006 at 00:56.