Chinese fighter jet crashes at air show!

[Gerald]

A Chinese air force fighter jet has crashed during an exhibition at an air show in China's north-western Shaanxi province.

The pilot of the FBC-1 "Flying Leopard" ejected from the plane before it nose-dived into a field from a height of about 200m (650ft).

No casualties have been reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15302692


Note: 14 October 2011 Last updated at 09:09 GMT

[Platapus]

This has been a bad year for airshows. :nope:

[Torplexed]

Was Bruce Campbell in the cockpit?

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Chinese-Jet-Pilot.jpg

[CaptainHaplo]

Am glad no one was seriously injured.

I didn't know the chinese had ejection seats. Kinda suprising really. Wonder if it was an add on for the show.

[CCIP]

Am glad no one was seriously injured.

I didn't know the chinese had ejection seats. Kinda suprising really. Wonder if it was an add on for the show.


Why wouldn't they? :doh:

Pretty sure that every military has figured out that experienced fighter pilots are more valuable than aircraft. Anyone should've learned that from Battle of Britain, or from the sorry results of Japanese personnel losses early in WWII...

[CaptainHaplo]

CCIP - I was being facetious. It was a joke regarding the population - would be easy to replace the pilot.

[TLAM Strike]

I didn't know the chinese had ejection seats. Kinda suprising really. Wonder if it was an add on for the show.

Making a good showing for the export sales. :O: