Spider may have caused A'stan F-16 crash
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sydney, AU
Posts: 117
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Spider may have caused A'stan F-16 crash
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-to-crash.html
I once had a spider appear on my car windscreen. There was an "oh sh*t!" moment but luckily it was on the outside.
A Dutch air force Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon that crashed on 31 August 2006 in Afghanistan while on a standard two-aircraft support mission from Kabul may have gone down because the pilot, who did not eject and died in the crash, was distracted by a spider in the cockpit.
Originally Posted by 0479
I once had a spider appear on my car windscreen. There was an "oh sh*t!" moment but luckily it was on the outside.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Somewhere flat
Age: 68
Posts: 5,563
Likes: 0
Received 45 Likes
on
30 Posts
Was it a Bulldog that was grounded in '75 following the greenfly epidemic that summer? A spider had moved inside the pitot tube and fed on the greenfly that the aircraft captured. Unfortunately the spider grew so large that it became wedged and died leading to a blockage within the tube and failure of the ASI.
PS. I tried to identify the spider in the post above, but couldn't find the Web site!
PS. I tried to identify the spider in the post above, but couldn't find the Web site!
Avoid imitations
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Posts: 14,574
Received 422 Likes
on
222 Posts
Try looking for "camel spider" (although they aren't true spiders).
Guest
Posts: n/a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFm_Pv6LevQ
Ugly buggers though!!!
Ugly buggers though!!!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Green and pleasant land
Posts: 658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Eeeek
Toddbabe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFm_Pv6LevQ
Ugly buggers though!!!
That's what Sigourney Weaver thought
Shame they had to build a very expensive set to prove it though
Ugly buggers though!!!
That's what Sigourney Weaver thought
Shame they had to build a very expensive set to prove it though
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: South England
Posts: 107
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Not trying to be a killjoy, but please remember that Sofac died in this tragic F16 crash in Afghanistan last year.
The insect theory is one of a number of possible causes, that may have led to the crash.
Sofac RIP.
The insect theory is one of a number of possible causes, that may have led to the crash.
Sofac RIP.
