View Full Version : AF Times article on 19 Nov 09 Mali crash
ExHerkmate
3rd Dec 2010, 11:59
Not very flattering.
Never leave an airfield in Africa without full tanks.
If you're making decisions based on a timeline, consider how long it will take to move your passengers via ground movement in the back of an ambulance.
www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/05/airforce_africa_ (http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/05/airforce_africa_)crash_051010w
BEagle
3rd Dec 2010, 12:06
Try Spec ops pilots refuse fill-up, crash-land plane - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times (http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/05/airforce_africa_crash_051010w/)
Red Line Entry
3rd Dec 2010, 14:34
Slight thread drift but I wish RAF News was as independent as the US version. Our rag thinks it's being edgy if it publishes a letter criticising the woolly-pully!
tridriver
3rd Dec 2010, 17:52
I love the RAF News. It's so out of touch with reality it's adictive. I see the typhun image is no longer on the deployed ops map and not Trimotor in site.
Boxer42
3rd Dec 2010, 21:19
For those interested in such things the wreckage of this Dash-8 is now at Kemble (or Cotswold Airport as it's now called) in Gloucestershire for scrapping.
Why would they fly the wreckage from Africa to Gloucestershire for scrapping ?
Would anything be useable ?
davejb
4th Dec 2010, 11:40
y-e-s,
it does seem a bit over the top on the positive spin stat, to be grateful for the skill of the pilots at crash landing when their ineptitude caused the crash in the first place. Mind you, with that sort of decision making ability they'll probably both be quite experienced at crashing aircraft before too long...
brakedwell
4th Dec 2010, 14:00
They will both make colonel before they can spell "promotion board".