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Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

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Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

Post by MRTT » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:46 pm

Appears an F-16 of the USAF 'Thunderbirds' has been involved in an incident at Dayton, reports on Twitter suggest that one crew member is trapped inside the aircraft, the other has been extricated.
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Re: Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

Post by CHILL51 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:39 pm

http://www.whio.com/whio-tv/live-news/ live feed
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Re: Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

Post by Pune » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:20 pm

This link also for info'
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/thu ... r_2014_sfp
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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Re: Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

Post by jem60 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:38 pm

Apparently weather was terrible, very gusty with lots of windshear. Looks RELATIVELY undamaged. Speculation on another site that it may have simply been blown over whilst taxiing!!.
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Re: Thunderbirds incident at Dayton

Post by jem60 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:15 pm

Pilot and back seater [ground crew] both in good condition.
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