Pitch Black Shenanigans
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Social media posts regarding the accidental release of an external fuel tank off a departing military jet out of RAAF Base Darwin this morning. No word of any casualties on ground thankfully, although some power and water workers got to witness the impact. Nothing in the news as of yet.
Why do you assume it was an accident?
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Social media posts regarding the release of an external fuel tank off a departing military jet out of RAAF Base Darwin this morning. No word of any casualties on ground thankfully, although some power and water workers got to witness the impact. Nothing in the news as of yet.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Point taken but personally I do see a big difference between choosing to punch a tank off versus an inadvertent release.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
I presumed that punching off a tank would be to obviate the possibility of that occurring. And even if it didn't, that the engine(s) would then carry the airframe to the scene of the accident - providing two impact points, not one.....
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It's only one drop tank, it's not like it's a field at the end of the runway at Leuchars....
As it's Darwin it probable caused several hundreds of dollars of improvements
As it's Darwin it probable caused several hundreds of dollars of improvements
