Tornado down
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Green Granite, Orgasmic
Its like the bloody spelling police on here, read just don't type pllleeeeaaaassee !
Its like the bloody spelling police on here, read just don't type pllleeeeaaaassee !
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I just noticed this comment had been inserted into the BBC article on the crash:
If its a fire, are we looking at fatigue problems in equipment? If so what impact will this have on the threatened aircraft?
He said the crew told him that they were forced to ditch after the plane caught fire at 6,000 feet.
How do you get fatigue problems from a report of a fire? FFS, please don't speculate, you'll only set the idiots off and running. There's no corroboration and speculation is pointless. Th BoI will already have been convened, we should await their findings. 
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I note from the BBC report that a MCA Tug is on it's way to the scene at a time when the tugs are under threat. Presume this means the Tornado is beached on a sand bank then?"
Bloody hell guys, I know the RAF is jealous of the RN, but just because the RN puts something on the sandbanks, doesnt means that you have to copy them
Delighted to hear both crew are well.
I note from the BBC report that a MCA Tug is on it's way to the scene at a time when the tugs are under threat. Presume this means the Tornado is beached on a sand bank then?"
Bloody hell guys, I know the RAF is jealous of the RN, but just because the RN puts something on the sandbanks, doesnt means that you have to copy them
Delighted to hear both crew are well.
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I completely agree...
"Glad to hear they are ok
, jets can be replaced, people can't."
But..is that really the case with the RAF these days?
...the bit about the jets, I mean...
"Glad to hear they are ok
, jets can be replaced, people can't."But..is that really the case with the RAF these days?
...the bit about the jets, I mean...
For all those who want to speculate - please go ahead if you have any ideas of what may have happened.
It doesn't do any harm at all to speculate on an internet rumour board as to what may have gone wrong. For the "ooooh mustn't speculate" brigade - stop being so pompous - it is only PPRUNE not the AAIB or a BoI.
It doesn't do any harm at all to speculate on an internet rumour board as to what may have gone wrong. For the "ooooh mustn't speculate" brigade - stop being so pompous - it is only PPRUNE not the AAIB or a BoI.
For all those who want to speculate - please go ahead if you have any ideas of what may have happened.
It doesn't do any harm at all to speculate on an internet rumour board as to what may have gone wrong. For the "ooooh mustn't speculate" brigade - stop being so pompous - it is only PPRuNe not the AAIB or a BoI.
It doesn't do any harm at all to speculate on an internet rumour board as to what may have gone wrong. For the "ooooh mustn't speculate" brigade - stop being so pompous - it is only PPRuNe not the AAIB or a BoI.
Trouble is, there are enough idiots around who will read an uninformed speculative post on here regarding something that is rightly confidential and take it as gospel, repeating it endlessly and gathering credence due to volume as it goes.
Anyway, the initial signal is out with some of the facts for those who have access to it. Most important is that the crew got out and no-one else was hurt.
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@JAJ
Any chance you could PM me any details you have from the signal: I'm in Germany and have no access to the Brit system whilst flying the deutsche flavour of Tonka.
TVM
Spy
Any chance you could PM me any details you have from the signal: I'm in Germany and have no access to the Brit system whilst flying the deutsche flavour of Tonka.
TVM
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I'd just like to add my comments that I hope the crew are OK and are back with their colleagues, friends and families as soon as possible.
It kind of puts my bad days in the office into some kind of perspective.
It kind of puts my bad days in the office into some kind of perspective.
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Glad the crew got out safely. Always a satisfying feeling for the bomb’eads who fitted the seats.
As it appears to have been a fire, a few of us here could speculate on several theories based on history, but will keep my thoughts to myself for now.
Does anybody know which Sqn they were from?
As it appears to have been a fire, a few of us here could speculate on several theories based on history, but will keep my thoughts to myself for now.
Does anybody know which Sqn they were from?
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
However sod's law will apply.
If there are X knackered jets earmarked for early retirement, any jet that crashes will be from the less knackered pool.
