Posted on 04/24/2018 4:20:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
An Air Force F-16C fighter jet crashed on Tuesday at the airport in Lake Havasu, Arizona, while attempting land. The pilot was able to eject and is in good condition, the Air Force said.
"An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, at approximately 10:35 a.m. today during a routine training flight," read a statement from Luke Air Force Base. The base is located 15 miles south of Phoenix.
"During landing the aircraft departed the prepared surface and the pilot ejected from the aircraft," the statement continued. "The pilot is in good condition and is being transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center." "First responders are on site and there is no immediate danger to the public," the statement added.
Earlier, Terrie Has, of the Lake Havasu City Fire Department, had told ABC affiliate KNXV that a military plane had crashed at the airport and that the pilot was ambulatory after ejecting
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Longest runway is 783 feet. Probably not enough? What’s missing was the reason for this attempted landing. Didn’t say it was an emergency landing.
Sorry. That was elevation. NOT runway length, obviously.
No engine. Seven minutes of Hydro/electric power. No room to actually land.
The plane crashed at the end of the runway at Lake Havasu City international (locals joke) airport ... and about 3 miles from my home. Various military aircraft fly over the lake a lot.
You would be correct .. west of Phoenix is more accurate
2 miles west of Glendale is more like it.
I bet they do.
Why couldn’t they just say it ran off the runway?
That will buff out !
He ran off the runway.
I kinda wonder about the no-engine rumor. The nozzle position doesn’t indicate that.
Yes. The thrust vectoring looks fine.
LF. Luke Field?
Yes.
Thanks, the “L” kept making me think of Langley but then I remembered theirs is FF.
Luke is the only thing I could think of especially in the South West.
Training I suppose in using technical terms. You remember "civilian pacification " during the Vietnam war?
Well, they can salvage some parts off of it at least.
I hope I was helpful.
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