Italian Eurofighter Typhoon Crashes During Terracina Airshow Killing Test Pilot

Italian Eurofighter Typhoon Crashes During Terracina Airshow Killing Test Pilot
The Aviationist ^ | Sep 24 2017 | David Cenciotti

Posted on 09/24/2017 8:07:57 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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To: ExNewsExSpook

The Air Force Thunderbirds had a very similar accident in 2003 at Mtn. Home AFB. The cause of the Thunderbird accident was an altimeter setting error.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alo_XWCqNUQ

21 posted on 09/25/2017 12:58:28 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)

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To: BenLurkin

“Lost consciousness?”

I think many modern fighter jets have an auto-recovery mode if they are about to crash. I would not be surprised to find out there was a software glitch. Having been involved with complex weapons for an entire career, I can tell you that they are still finding glitches in “fully evolved” fielded weapons. Two or three things happen at the same time that the software people never thought of and suddenly you have an entirely new, unplanned function.

22 posted on 09/25/2017 4:15:18 AM PDT by Gen.Blather

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To: sukhoi-30mki

Violated the air/water interface...

23 posted on 09/25/2017 10:59:05 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)

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