F-35B Crash in South Carolina, page 1

a reply to: blackbird9393

My early, and totally WAG, is another bay fire, and this one burned through. The last one was bad enough they were talking about scrapping the aircraft.

blackbird9393

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 01:34 PM

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a reply to: Zaphod58

Yea could be. Iv been thinking since it was the training wing. A trainee pilot made human error.

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 01:35 PM

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a reply to: blackbird9393

They're the same ones that had the previous bay fire.

blackbird9393

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 01:39 PM

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a reply to: Zaphod58

Ah nice, thanks for the update. I’m going to check google now regarding the bay fire.

blackbird9393

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 01:43 PM

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www.marinecorpstimes.com...

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 02:35 PM

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The aircraft was being flown by an instructor pilot. He has been confirmed to be uninjured.

lakenheath24

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 02:44 PM

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DAmn, and she was just outside her 7/70,000 mile warranty. Imagine that.
Surprised there is no grounding of the fleet yet. Wish I was still a safety guy....I used to get all the preliminary reports.

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 02:49 PM

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a reply to: lakenheath24

At this point, barring another Eglin, or something physically separating, I doubt we'll see a fleet wide grounding.

lakenheath24

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 02:53 PM

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a reply to: Zaphod58

If it's a known issue, I would have thought the entire fleet would have been held down to look at that bracket.

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 02:56 PM

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a reply to: lakenheath24

The earlier bay fires were caused by the integrated power system. It would overheat, and they have multiple hydraulic lines in the bays.

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 07:43 PM

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And we have a current winner of the "Media Dumbass of the Day" award.

But the crash on Friday could raise questions about the viability of Lockheed Martin’s highest-profile aircraft as deliveries are set to ramp up to both U.S. and international customers.

foreignpolicy.com...

Quadrivium

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 09:14 PM

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I am in Georgetown SC at the moment. My boss is in Beaufort. I texted him just after this happened but haven't heard him yet.
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cenpuppie

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 11:29 PM

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a reply to: Zaphod58

I think Zerohedge has you beat bro, hehe.

Zaphod58

posted on Sep, 28 2018 @ 11:36 PM

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a reply to: cenpuppie

I haven't seen theirs. I only read that one because it was the most recently updated. I usually try really hard to stick to aviation pages with these stories.