[Destro]

Want to eat crow with your eggs?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4422979

All 217 aircraft, already considered unsafe, could suffer ‘catastrophic’ engine failure.

The Harrier, manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas, is under congressional investigation after records showed that it was the deadliest aircraft in the U.S. military.

Records released last month at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee showed that the jet’s accident rate in 2003 was 11.05 per 100,000 hours, more than five times the average rate for all military aircraft. More than one-third of the fleet has been destroyed in crashes in the 32 years the Marines have flown the single-seat jet; five Harriers crashed last year alone.

All told, 45 Marines have died in 148 noncombat accidents.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Sit up higher so this doesn't go so far over your head:

The following aircraft had higher accident rates than the Harrier:

A-4
A-7
F-8
F-100
F-102
F-104

If you need a pickup truck rigged to explode, rely on NBC. If you want facts, don't. Your absolute statement "Harrier Jets are the deadliest fighters to fly - a real death trap." is refuted by the facts.