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Dixie68
3,062 posts
56 months
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Mojocvh said: Dixie68 said: TTmonkey said: Tragic news, three dead and one seriously injured....
Looks like they know that no one ejected from the second aircraft, I guess there would be beacons if they had. I don't know if they still do but there used to be a transponder onboard that was activated if it was submerged in water. I used to have to test the batteries for them during servicing. [slb] sonar location beacon mate, attached to the adr by a big wire and clamp as a mod/production installation instigated some what, 15-20 years ago....Germans went one better but that's another story. It was indeed an SLB 
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emicen
5,691 posts
87 months
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Dixie68 said: What they need is a dedicated SAR aircraft fitted out with equipment to search for downed aircraft, maybe a Nimrod based at the nearby flying station RAF Kinloss. Oh, hold on... they did but were scrapped as surplus to requirements. Its ok, the USA will lend us some Orions to do it, like they did when we needed to hunt down the sub we lost. Anyways, MOD bashing aside, terrible news.
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TomN94
2,378 posts
27 months
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These were 2 of 3 to fly over my house that day..afaik, they have recovered the jets today
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Jimbeaux
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25,725 posts
100 months
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TomN94 said: These were 2 of 3 to fly over my house that day..afaik, they have recovered the jets today What was the outcome of the pilots?
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Ayahuasca
16,051 posts
148 months
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Jimbeaux said: TomN94 said: These were 2 of 3 to fly over my house that day..afaik, they have recovered the jets today What was the outcome of the pilots? two missing presumed dead one died in hospital one survivor in hospital 
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thinfourth2
23,546 posts
73 months
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It looks like the wife of one of the pilots was the co-pilot of the rescue chopper that was sent looking for them.
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Jimbeaux
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25,725 posts
100 months
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Ayahuasca said: Jimbeaux said: TomN94 said: These were 2 of 3 to fly over my house that day..afaik, they have recovered the jets today What was the outcome of the pilots? two missing presumed dead one died in hospital one survivor in hospital Thanks; sad indeed.
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Jimbeaux
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100 months
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thinfourth2 said: It looks like the wife of one of the pilots was the co-pilot of the rescue chopper that was sent looking for them. Damn, that is plain cruel there.
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