Unspecified Manned Aircraft Down at Holloman AFB

So it's a bit odd. A manned aircraft went down in White Sands Missile Range. Holloman AFB put out the notice. This happened at 11:45 MT. The oddity is they didn't specify WHAT type of aircraft. Also no info on the condition of the crew.

Given the time of day, it's unlikely to be a black aircraft, so calm down, ATS.

Just a bit odd for the lack of info.

www.thedrive.com...

a reply to: anzha

Aliens ?

a reply to: gortex

You're trying to give me a neandertal forehead from me smacking it too hard...jerk.

a reply to: anzha

White Sands man .. Ya know !

Lighten up dude , it's Friday.

a reply to: anzha

So what your saying is that aliens did not crash there?
Wink wink poke poke
I got ya man

a reply to: gortex

I was kidding. Your pic inspired the comment.

Sorry for it being taken too seriously.

aliens drinkin and drivin again i reckon.
startin the weekend early

a reply to: anzha

Another classified plane?

a reply to: grey580

Not likely given the time of day. 11:45 AM...

a reply to: anzha

May be the OA-X demo that was supposed to happen.

originally posted by: dashen
aliens drinkin and drivin again i reckon.
startin the weekend early

Hey!We have more relaxed drunk driving laws where we're from!
(see my avatar)

a reply to: TDawg61

And NM has SERIOUS problems with drunk driving...

OA-X was scheduled to do a test this afternoon and next Friday between 1500-2400 over Alamogordo, which included flying over the city itself. That was cancelled as soon as news broke of the crash. The crew almost certainly didn't get out. Crash time was 1149, it's now 1430 and they haven't updated their condition. That usually means they didn't get out.

a reply to: Zaphod58

How bad a knock on the OA-X would this be? It's not like they are really development birds like the early V-22s...

a reply to: gortex

Says Manned Aircraft.

Suppose Aliens could have shot it down. LoL

a reply to: anzha

It could be a pretty big hit. They're probably going to have to stop the program until the investigation is completed, unless they can prove it pretty quickly that it was pilot error or something along those lines.

A-29 participating in OA-X. Minor injuries to one crew member, sounds like the other is at best pretty badly hurt, if not a fatality.

I find the 'crashed over the ... range' interesting wording in the release.

a reply to: roadgravel

Eh, standard wording in a release.

a reply to: Zaphod58

www.flightglobal.com...

Apparently both crew ejected.