New footage 🎥 of the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet from MCAS Miramar crashing into the mountain side near Rimrock Lake, Washington state, during routine training.
Quick facts:
- The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by a Yakima County deputy.
- The incident is still under investigation, so we won't get any answers soon.
- The U.S. Forest Service responded quickly to the wildfire sparked by the wreckage.
@TheRealKurtA@xAviation It’s not just the thrust, if it was then you could get a 777 out of there which would be impossible. The main reason the C-17 can do it is because of its blown flap system. Basically a not insignificant portion of the thrust is vectored downward because of the flaps.
@Turbinetraveler All the people saying “how couldn’t he see the plane?”. Imagine for a second how many T-bone crashes happen per day with Cara and ask that again….
@sarmadgulzar@MSchu18@Turbinetraveler That’s because they reported the last speed NOT the impact speed. The actual impact speed was said to be between 90 and 105mph which is about right considering they had touched down less than 7 seconds before impact.
@NTSB_Newsroom We knew it was the pylon the moment your SD didn’t affect all CF6 powered aircraft. Still hard to see this image, that engine had so much energy when it departed.
@DXBITGuy Dude they realized it was a pylon failure long ago. There is a reason the Emergency AD doesn’t affect all the other aircraft that use CF6 engines. Use your brain.
@rachelmoore2018 That’s like saying “Jusr because racism was negative to some minorities doesn’t mean it’s negative to all minorities”. You aren’t looking at the bigger picture.