Posted on 01/22/2011 7:51:48 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Accident Investigation Board for the Alaska-based F-22 Raptor crash recessed, Jan. 14, per the direction of Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander.
The board will resume when weather conditions allow further recovery operations of the crash site located near Cantwell, Alaska. Capt. Jeff Haney, pilot of the F-22 Raptor, was on a routine, night training mission and lost his life due to the crash, Nov. 16.
The Accident Investigation Board has been unable to determine the cause of the accident with the information and evidence currently available. The board seeks to ensure all the evidence available at the crash site is recovered to help determine the cause or causes of the accident and the contributing factors to the mishap.
The Air Force and AIB team is committed to conducting a thorough investigation of the crash site to determine the cause and situation surrounding the crash.
The joint Air Force and Army recovery team suspended recovery and restoration efforts Dec. 2010.
The Air Force established a call center at (907) 552-9321. Anyone who finds debris that may be part of the aircraft should notify the call center so trained technicians can recover the material safely and minimize any potential hazards to civilians in the area and any potential long-term impact to the environment. Before the weather halted recovery efforts, most visible pieces of the wreckage were removed from the site.
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Probably won’t know anything more until after the spring thaw. Hope we don’t lose any more birds in the mean time.
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