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A Lockheed Martin F-35A was damaged on 23 June after a fire erupted in the aft section of the fuselage during a take-off attempt from Eglin AFB, Florida, says a base spokeswoman.
The pilot aborted the take-off attempt due to the fire and exited the aircraft without injury, she says. Further details have not been released.
Emergency crews responded to the ground emergency reported at 09:15 and extinguished the fire with foam, the spokeswoman says.
A German air force Eurofighter collided with a Bombardier Learjet operated by GFD over Olsberg, North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany on 23 June.
The Learjet crashed in open countryside with a crew of two on board. The fighter landed safely, with no injuries to its crew.
According to the article, two Eurofighters and the Learjet were taking part in a joint exercise between the Luftwaffe and the Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung (GFD), a subsiduary of Airbus Defence and Space. The Learjet was a civilian aircraft.
Lear Jet Crashed after Collision with Eurofighter
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Sammamishman
since all three use the same engine.
originally posted by: aLLeKs
It is pretty close to where I live, somehow I still feel that there is something wrong about the official story.
I know the reports of several witnesses, that the debries are all over the place.
I am not an expert, but when the 2 planes collide in a way that the Eurofighter could safely fly home, why is the other plane so destroyed, that the whole valley is full of debries?
Please correct me, I am really interested in that, since it is, like I said, really close.
Btw. so far they have only found bodyparts of one passenger of the Learjet, the other one is still missing.
Another strange part is, that they can't hand out information about where the Learjet took of, they said they don't know.
Strange if you consider that he was involved in the exercise and they should have this information.
originally posted by: aLLeKs
I am not an expert, but when the 2 planes collide in a way that the Eurofighter could safely fly home, why is the other plane so destroyed, that the whole valley is full of debries?
Please correct me, I am really interested in that, since it is, like I said, really close.
originally posted by: Jonjonj
www.theguardian.com...
I think that unless I am mistaken a euro fighter also crashed in Spain this month, with loss of life. Not great advertising it seems.
Note particularly the comment that beyond 2018 they may discontinue production... Lol
Added link
originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: boomer135
Is that Lear in that photo flying autonomously?