Originally Posted by Fonsini
(Post 10895308)
Does anyone know what time the accident occurred, night time refuelings between FJs and Hercs are notoriously risky, witness the 2018 crash off Japan.
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Originally Posted by salad-dodger
(Post 10895232)
And is that fuel pouring out of the port wing?
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Originally Posted by GeeRam
(Post 10895344)
Link posted in OP says 4pm local time.
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Glad everyone is safe. There's an opportunity for Marshalls/MOD to flog another C130J to the US now!
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What happened to the F-35 pilot - and what happened to his aircraft?
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Originally Posted by OldLurker
(Post 10895386)
What happened to the F-35 pilot - and what happened to his aircraft?
F35 made a smoking hole (based on news clip). |
A C130 glider, the pilot did well to keep the wings level and find a soft field without obstructions, so lucky the controls surfaces weren’t a
damaged. |
Audio with captions and chart of the area
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Lucky they were in the Salton Sea area which has a lot of flat fields rather than over the high desert.
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Can't comment on the authenticity of this:
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Appears to me they lost engines 3&4 in the collision - the damage to the #1 prop and loss of the right hand underwing tank were from the forced landing.
Even if there was sufficient thrust to maintain level flight with two engines out, controllability with two engines out on the same side is problematic - perhaps more so due to the loss of various systems due to the engine damage. |
That's a pretty expensive mishap. I wouldn't like to have that deducted from my pay.
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Originally Posted by Wokkafans
(Post 10895745)
Amazed there's almost always someone videoing on their phone. |
Originally Posted by Deltasierra010
(Post 10895665)
A C130 glider, the pilot did well to keep the wings level and find a soft field without obstructions, so lucky the controls surfaces weren’t a
damaged. Military officials confirm a fighter crashed near Salton City during air-to-air refueling, causing another military aircraft to make an emergency landing in Thermal. |
Going to require a lot of explaining how the tanker got clobbered from the front.....
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Hopefully, not going to be one of those close to the bay ramp for a photo op moments....
Plenty of cameras, so if it did happen in refuelling there will/should be video. |
Going to require a lot of explaining how the tanker got clobbered from the front..... What a fantastic job from the Herc crew - a great example of flying the aircraft all the way to impact and walking away as a result. BZ to whoever was flying, and I look forward to the sequel to 'Sully'! |
Marham ans Mildenhall
Originally Posted by TBM-Legend
(Post 10895180)
USMC F-35B and USMC KC-130J both down after mid-air. Jet pilot ejected and Herc forced landed with those on-board OK. About 150nm East of San Diego.
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