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A Red Arrow Hawk has crashed at RAF Valley killing an engineer.Information so far says the pilot ejected and is in hospital.Strange that the engineer didn't also eject,I'm sure he would be fully trained in the procedure.
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Shoreham springs to mind from what I've read.
However witness reports do not appear to be consistent and therefore maybe not reliable so my thoughts might be unfounded. One report of two ejections but others say one and wreckage would appear to show that only one seat fired. Another reports canopy coming off in ejection sequence but I would doubt if that happened ... it certainly shouldn't have. |
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I read a report of a loop being performed and a subsequent low ejection, but as I mentioned previously reports so far might not be reliable. |
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I know a bloke in the RAF ground crew, the engineer who lost his life was one of his friends. From what he's heard, it was a bird strike. Unknown as to why the engineer didn't eject, apparently it can be set so each crew member has to select to eject themselves, or they both eject at the press of a button, but with a delay between the 2 so that they don't hit each other.
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A tragic event whatever the cause, I’m glad the media are respecting the wishes of the family.
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Stoicism is a good medicine for tragedy so nice to read that the Reds will be displaying with nine jets and not reverting to seven for the up-and-coming season. Mike Ling back as Red 3 as a replacement for David Stark who is still to recover from the incident at RAF Valley which sadly claimed the life of Jonathan Bayliss.
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Just read the SI and it is apparent that a practice engine failure after take off went wrong ... aircraft stalled during final turn back on to departing runway.
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Very sad. The Hawks are old planes now, we think our Rovers are old at 20 but these are often half that age again. Makes you wonder if the exercise would have ended like this in a more modern aircraft.
Awful for the engineer (and his family). Pilots are well versed in cockpit drill and would have been very quick to react and eject. The engineer would have been just a passenger and probably didn't recognise that things had got critical till the final seconds when he would have had very little chance of escaping. I also feel for the pilot. Practising a low level engine failure is obviously a very dangerous pastime. For most of us, if things go wrong at work the consequences aren't usually this tragic. As a Red Arrows pilot he would have been at the peak of his career. I hope the RAF gave him plenty of support. If anyone wants to read the report its here: https://assets.publishing.service.go...cted-Final.pdf
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