Harrier Down in Rutland - Pilot OK
 

And http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/7457288.stm

Another MB tie winner- I hope all is well... Fast reaction from the stn- 7 mins!

BBC showing photo of a SHAR on their newspage- typical!!!

SMT

Theres camera phone video on the site now, a local builder took judginf form the article. Hop he didn't breath in too many fumes, lots of nasty hazardous materials on the harriers!!

I was wondering about that. I dimly remember one of the scenarios in Engineer Officer Training 1 involving a visiting GR.5 (as they then were) crashing - you were expected to remember the lesson on carbon fibre debris hazard, look up the relevant engineering order and brief the crash guard / recovery teams accordingly.

Harrier down
 

I was just thinking about the smoke inhalation issue. In my time with Mountain Rescue we had a brief on burning Harriers once. The smoke contains tons of horrible stuff. We all agreed that crash guard could wait until Fireman Sam had expended a few tenders. The general concensus was stay upwind!

On which note, does the Harrier carry Hydrazine for any kind of EPU?

No it has a GTS/APU so not required.

Fortunately it did not appear to burn. At least there was no smoke visible from 2-3 miles away.

YS

That's my real memory from the last MACR exercise I attended at RAF Marham, the briefing about the dangers from MMMF. No fire in this case was a v good thing. Luckily on the exercise we were playing using the real weather so the still air meant we didn't have to 'evacuate' any of the good citizens of Norfolk.

3 hrs and no theories yet? :hmm:

Reminds me a little of the Serb town folk who jumped up and down on the F-117 wreckage in the late 1990s. They lacked any appreciation for the safe handling of RAM!

Eyewitness
 

My mate reckons it hit a UFO

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and I quote from the BBC 6 o'clock TV news..

" the pilot ejected, using his parachute".

I thought he would have ejected using his seat but hey, what do I know.

Just love the report from the "force commander!", whaterver one of those is, "he was proceeding in a southerly direction when I saw a flash, then a large flash from what is now the crash site" This really seams to clear things up!

Going by the comments from 'force commander' my theory is that it crashed.

VFE.

He ejected using his parachute? Those chaps at Higher Denham must have been working round the clock. It must be the new Mk16 very lightweight. Any news on the pilot bless him? Has he got the usual numb bum and coccyx?

Any idea who the mate is?
Hope is okay, looking forward to seeing him around town in a new tie.

Cavitation pitting in the wind sheer super-cooled fuel pump flap / nozzles disconnect again no doubt.

Or maybe a bird.