Warplanes crash in Spain leaving 3 pilots dead

HunterICX · 01-20-09, 01:18 PM

On the news today, for a reason still unknown 2 Mirage F-1 jets collided.

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MADRID, Spain – Two Spanish Mirage F-1 warplanes crashed during a training mission Tuesday, killing all three crew members on board, the Defense Ministry said.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145098/Warplanes-crash-in-Spain-leaving-3-pilots-dead

HunterICX

SteamWake · 01-20-09, 02:20 PM

Sorry to hear abou this but.. wait... "Two planes went down killing all 3 ?"

Dowly · 01-20-09, 02:59 PM

Ouch.

4 Mirages down in 5 years? I think they should start looking for a new plane. :hmm:

SteamWake · 01-20-09, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Ouch.

4 Mirages down in 5 years? I think they should start looking for a new plane. :hmm:

I heard a news story where the Airbus that ditched in the hudson had an air compressor failure on one of its engines a few day earler.

Mirage=French, Airbus=French... :hmm:

Jimbuna · 01-20-09, 03:54 PM

Yeah....4 in about as many years.......not a nice average/statistic

PeriscopeDepth · 01-20-09, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Ouch.

4 Mirages down in 5 years? I think they should start looking for a new plane. :hmm:

Not at all. Operating single engine fast jets is risky, there is no way around that. I count 8 USAF F-16s lost from 3/2007-3/2008. Not one of them to enemy fire, I believe.

It's a dangerous business, and such things unfortunately happen.

PD

A Very Super Market · 01-20-09, 08:59 PM

Midair collisions tend to bring down most planes, so you can forget about a small high-performance (or used to be) surviving. Pilot error?

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A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Midair collisions tend to bring down most planes, so you can forget about a small high-performance (or used to be) surviving. Pilot error? __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear abou this but.. wait... "Two planes went down killing all 3 ?"

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Ouch. 4 Mirages down in 5 years? I think they should start looking for a new plane. :hmm: