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F-18 Mishap at Whidbey Island

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:29 pm
by kham
This happened last month, but this the first I've seen of it. H/T to Brad over at Bring the Heat
Links to local news here and the Navy here

As mishaps, this is fairly rare, and also horrific, going by the description of things and how badly the crew was hurt. I've seen tankers have the fuse rupture and while fairly spectacular, they usually involve just the airplane. Jesus
Hope the crew recovers ok

Re: F-18 Mishap at Whidbey Island

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:01 pm
by nachtjaeger
Ouch! The only saving grace is that it happened on the ground.