Posted on 09/24/2017 8:07:57 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
On Sunday Sept. 24, 2017, an Italian Air Force Eurofighter F-2000A Typhoon (most probably MM7278/RS-23) belonging to the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (Test Wing) has crashed into the sea at Terracina, 76 kilometres south of Rome.
Based on the several videos that have already emerged on social media, the pilot Capt. Gabriele Orlandi was unable to /did not recover the aircraft at the end of a looping and didn’t attempt to eject from the jet.
Here below you can find a few clips that have been posted on Youtube so far. Many more are being uploaded on Twitter and Instagram as well:
The following composite image was created using Photoshop and images posted on repubblica.it:
Composite image created with Photoshop with the photos by Simone Grossi published on Repubblica.it.
This is the second deadly crash of a Typhoon in little less than two weeks: a RSAF Typhoon combat aircraft involved in a mission against Houthi fighters over Yemen crashed into a mountain in Al Wade’a district on Sept. 13, 2017.
Top image credit: screenshots from Michele F. video
Read more at https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/24/italian-eurofighter-typhoon-crashes-during-terracina-airshow-killing-test-pilot/#iCwrlJIWeY9G88Jc.99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alo_XWCqNUQ
“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.
Violated the air/water interface...
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