Spanish Tifon down

Post by **st24** » Thu 12 Oct 2017, 11:11 am

Crashed returning to Los Llanos base following national day flypast. Crew status unknown at this time.

Post by **capercaillie** » Thu 12 Oct 2017, 11:54 am

Pilot sadly died according to Reuters release. :sad:

Post by **st24** » Thu 12 Oct 2017, 12:41 pm

Crap. I did fear it was the display jet when I first heard about it. Not good.

Post by **paulb1973** » Thu 12 Oct 2017, 5:23 pm

Is that 3 Typhoon losses in the space of, whatever it is - in the last few months seemingly.

Post by **st24** » Thu 12 Oct 2017, 11:05 pm

paulb1973 wrote:Is that 3 Typhoon losses in the space of, whatever it is - in the last few months seemingly.

Indeed, though it's within the last month.

Photos reveal it was the slot a/c in a box break that just goes inverted... :sad:

Post by **knoxy17** » Fri 13 Oct 2017, 7:20 am

Quite surprised the fleet hasn't been grounded after this.