K-FIR goes down

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FROM www.eltiempo.com (Colombian Newspaper)

[quote]Un ave se introdujo en la turbina de un Kafir de la Fuerza A

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straight from the air force's website

COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE
PRESS COMMUNICATION

Bogota, June 4, 2003

The Air Force commandant inform to the citizens that today at 10:05 hours the KFIR combat aircraft, register Number FAC-3046, pilot by Captain Juan Manuel Grisales Palacio, suffer an accident at 16 nautical miles at the north of the Air Base “Captain German Olano”, Puerto Salgar. The aircraft that belong to the Combat Air Commander No. 1, was executing a mission of navigation at 5000 feet when suffer the ingestion on a turbine of a bird that cause its deaden. The pilot tries to turn on the turbine and when he could not do it and due the proximity to the terrain, he eject from the aircraft being rescued unhurt.

Specialist of the Combat Air Commander No. 1, are executing the rescue of the aircraft that falls on the Magdalena River.


General HECTOR FABIO VELASCO CHAVEZ
Air Force Commandant

[BFMF]

good thing he was able to bail out

[ozzy72]

At least the pilot is okay. Aircraft can be replaced, human lives can't...

Ozzy

[Threadkiller]

At least the pilot is okay. Aircraft can be replaced, human lives can't...

Ozzy

i gotta post quick cause im from school and im not alowed to do this lol.... anyway....

u r both right, thats the good side of the news the a/c ended up on a river..... the airforce says that they will send a "rescue team" to get the plane back..... my dad says that is insane to try to get the plane out....its too expensive and the river is the most caudalous in my country

if u want to look it up is the Magdalena River in Colombia


Happy Landings!!!

[Erez]

Hmmmmmmm.....
Yeah, it's sad... this airplane was probably in the IDF/AF too.
But the A/C's name is Kfir-not K-Fir... Kfir is a word from the bible that means Lion Cub.
What model was that Kfir? C-7?

[Threadkiller]

Hmmmmmmm.....
Yeah, it's sad... this airplane was probably in the IDF/AF too.
But the A/C's name is Kfir-not K-Fir... Kfir is a word from the bible that means Lion Cub.
What model was that Kfir? C-7?

got it well dunno what model was it  :-X the planes were bought brand new from Israel in the early 80's i think, i bet if u ask around ur place u can prlly find some info, its a bit too hard for me since i dont live in Colombia any more

i didnt know about the meaning of the name, lol inspires fear doesnt it?? hehehehe