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Red Arrows Incident

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:28 am

Anyone know any more than this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby FSX_Dude » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:46 am

I wonder what happened?
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby C » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:13 am

Seems this could be a dreadful accident. Let's hope they pull through; reports aren't too good at the moment.

Ejections are bad enough when you expect them.
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby expat » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:34 pm

Seems this could be a dreadful accident. Let's hope they pull through; reports aren't too good at the moment.

Ejections are bad enough when you expect them.



News pictures are showing the aircraft on the line with others. Was he strapped in when it went off or did it happen as he was crewing in?

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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby machineman9 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:40 pm

They're suspecting a ground-eject and no parachute deploy. Not sure if it was accidentally ejected  :-[
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby FSX_Dude » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:43 pm

Ejection seat problems?
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby Fozzer » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:44 pm

...sad news...

..the Pilot has since died from his multiple injuries.

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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:19 pm

Looks like the bang-seat malfunctioned.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mod--red-arrows-incident.html
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby expat » Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:34 pm

Unconfirmed reports that it was Red 1...........

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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby C » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:13 pm

Unconfirmed reports that it was Red 1...........

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Very unconfirmed - possibly linked to a stupidly phrased  twitter message earlier today. Despite the RAF announcing that the family have requested a period of grace to exist before the details and name are released, one of the daily papers (the one that conveniently rhymes with daily fail), has named a pilot - not Red 1.

Of course, no one can know better, as no one else has reported it. Quite rightly too.
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby todayshorse » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:43 pm

Only saw them practising the other day...including a black hawk...... :'(
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby C » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:56 pm

Only saw them practising the other day...including a black hawk...... :'(


Black Hawks are quite common - IIRC they're generally aircraft earmarked to become Red ones at some point in the near future, and used as spares at Scampton.
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby todayshorse » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:43 pm

Really? Never seen a Black one till these past few days, although i was aware there are black ones - See them a lot living near Lincoln, there was a solitary 'Red Arrow' at RAF Waddington for a day or two a few weeks back flying about also...
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby expat » Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:53 am

Unconfirmed reports that it was Red 1...........

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Very unconfirmed - possibly linked to a stupidly phrased
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Re: Red Arrows Incident

Postby machineman9 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:39 am

Red 5 Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham  :-[
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