Chinese fighter augers in -- no injuries

[JohnMcGhie]

Interesting video here:

Video - RAW VISION: Chinese fighter jet falls from sky - The Sydney Morning Herald (http://media.smh.com.au/news/world-news/raw-vision-chinese-fighter-jet-falls-from-sky-2693022.html?from=newsbox)

What happened there? Did he turn too tight and get into a high-speed stall?

[4:th of july]

As i understad it was also crewed with a navigator who sadly perished...

[pattern_is_full]

Looks more like a LOW-speed stall (at least for a fighter). Perhaps he forgot to pop out some slats/flaps as he slowed - or the auto-slats failed to operate. Or the artifical stability failed (I have no clue what wizardry goes on in the aerodynamics of that particular plane).

Pretty classic wing-drop and incipient spin entry (not enough time or altitude for a full spin to develop).

[11Fan]

Two seater. Only one punched out.

Chinese fighter jet nose-dives into field at show - World news - Asia-Pacific - China - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44902049/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/#.TphUCXJe_y8)

[barit1]

Google news reports the aircraft was a two-seat JH-7 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQrq_InRuoXNN24wqNFiJfHPj5FQ?docId=CNG.df12618f0e6aa1f 07c616c66485fdd46.411), and one of the crew died in the crash.

[Background Noise]

.. and already reported on pprune: - http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/466306-chinese-fighter-jet-crashes-airshow.html