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Offline Tango Tango Fanta

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Chinese fighter crash
« on: October 14, 2011, 11:39:28 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15302692


Only posting this because nobody was hurt
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Re: Chinese fighter crash
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 01:56:53 PM »
Good to hear there were no injuries.
 
Can`t get the video to work at the moment.
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Re: Chinese fighter crash
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 04:01:05 PM »
Looks like an engine failure.
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Re: Chinese fighter crash
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 11:03:23 PM »
Could well have been an engine failure;it`s hard to tell with the poor visibility.
It`s possible the pilot became disorinated because of the smog,and misjudged his manoeuvre before realising it was time to leave.
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Re: Chinese fighter crash
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 05:54:30 AM »
Thankfully not a huge explosion, could they have gotten the fuel calculations wrong regarding just enough for the display, but put to little in which is why the engine appears to cut out and little in the way of a fireball? Probably not!


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