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reply posted on 12-11-2003 @ 06:24 PM by Saiyan
i was there my mom was one of the homeowners



reply posted on 13-11-2003 @ 06:23 AM by Saiyan
here it is i have pic but don't know how to put them on yet F17 Stealth plane crashes into housesMIDDLE RIVER, Md. (AP) - An F-117A stealth fighter broke apart during an air show performance and crashed into two houses Sunday, setting both on fire and causing six minor injuries on the ground. The pilot ejected safely.The crash happened about 3 p.m. as the jet was making its final passes during the Chesapeake Air Show at the Glenn Martin State Airport. witnesses said they saw parts of the plane break off just before it went down. Home video of the crash showed a piece of the aircraft, which appeared to be from the tail section, flying off the jet before it went into a slow, flat spin and crashed.'Some people were saying it was part of the show,'' said Rudy Medina, who was at the air show. ''But I knew it wasn't part of the show. No aircraft of that caliber disintegrates in midair like that.''The plane, carrying 11,000 pounds of fuel, went down about a mile from the airport, into two houses and two cars at a condo-marina complex on Chesapeake Bay in this suburb northeast of Baltimore.Baltimore County Fire Capt. Steve Gisriel said six people at the complex suffered only minor injuries and were not hospitalized. Among them was an elderly woman who managed to escape her home seconds after the plane slammed into her garage.The pilot, identified as Capt. Bryan Knight, was taken to Andrews Air Force Base for evaluation of minor back and neck injuries.Witness Kimberly Chaapel said she noticed that ''part of the wing fell off'' before the plane went down and the pilot ejected.''He started rolling head over tail and (the pilot) ejected probably 500 feet before the ground,'' she told CNN. ''He was very, very lucky.''Andy Kunkowski said he was watching the show from a small boat near the shoreline, and immediately went to the scene of the crash and spoke to the pilot after he parachuted to the ground.''He said he was truly sorry about what had happened and said he tried to pull it out,'' Kunkowski said. ''He wanted to land this thing in the water, but couldn't.''
The fire was brought under control about an hour after the crash. A three-block area of the neighborhood was evacuated for military officials to conduct their investigation into the cause of the crash. Military police were brought in to help guard the area.''It is a secret aircraft, obviously we want to protect it the best way we can,'' said Capt. Drew Sullins, a Maryland National Guard spokesman.Sullins said he was not aware of any communications between the pilot and the control tower at the airport, but said the aircraft's black box had been recovered.The Air Force said the F-117A had taken off from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and was to return after flying by the air show.The aircraft, assigned to the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., was one of two F-117As loaned temporarily at Langley to support air shows along the East Coast, the Air Force said.The boomerang-shaped F-117A Nighthawk, armed with laser-guided bombs, was used in the Gulf War against the most heavily defended Iraqi targets because of its ability to evade radar and radar-guided missiles. According to an Air Force fact sheet, each F-117 costs $45 million.Stealth technology uses curved or angular surfaces to reduce that radar reflection - known as a cross section. When combined with radar absorbing composite materials, a plane with a 43-foot wingspan displays the cross section of a bumblebee.

Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Keri Humphrey said three Stealth fighters have been destroyed in crashes since the F-117A was put into service in 1990. The only fatality was on a night training flight in 1995 in New Mexico.Before the planes were in official service, there had been at least three other crashes of the once super-secret planes - one when Lockheed was testing the jet, and two fatal wrecks in California and Nevada in 1986 and 1987.


reply posted on 20-7-2010 @ 10:35 PM by Phage
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Why bomber in quotation marks? The F 117 was a bomber.


reply posted on 21-7-2010 @ 05:41 PM by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
Originally posted by Phage
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Why bomber in quotation marks? The F 117 was a bomber.


Actually it's an attacker craft, but labelled as a fighter because of its maneuverability and for convenience (fighters have maintenance priority in the US air force). It's not a bomber and it has no official air to air capability, so all it does is attack ground targets with GPBs.



reply posted on 22-7-2010 @ 03:17 PM by Shadowhawk
Authorities ordered the evacuation of a three-block area as a hazardous materials team scoured the crash site for fragments of the plane that included carbon fiber composite materials which pose an inhalation hazard when pulverized. There were also hazards associated with spilled fuel and lubricants, as well as burning plastics.

About 50 residents were evacuated. Several hours after the crash, 22 of the 125 initial emergency response personnel, including firemen and a police officer, were taken to the hospital complaining of breathing problems, mild nausea and headaches.

Lt. Col. Jim Coleman of the Maryland Air National Guard served as on-scene commander. In addition to the initial emergency response forces, Coleman's team consisted of more than 300 people from units such as the Maryland Air National Guard, 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, Md., U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Baltimore County Police, Marine Police and Fire Department, Bowley's Quarters and Middle River Volunteer Fire Departments, the American Red Cross, Department of Natural Resources, the National Safety and Transportation Board, the FBI and Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

The Air Force allowed most residents to return to their homes on September 17, except for those that lived in the National Defense Area (NDA, a temporary restricted area) which included several houses and yards. The wreckage was confined to a relatively small area. The largest pieces of the aircraft were cut into pieces for removal starting on September 18, and recovery operations were completed on September 21.

Civil engineers completed the site cleanup process on September 22. The process involved raking out the area, picking up loose debris and testing the soil and water for contaminates. The next day, Air Force personnel removed all remaining equipment and terminated the NDA surrounding the crash site, effectively turning the area back over to the residents and local authorities. The Air Force eventually paid local residents nearly $1 million in compensation.
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