Thunderbird down today

[MartG]

News is sparse so far - press release is here http://afthunderbirds.com/site/2017/06/23/2017-thu...

Image shows the aircraft on its back - reports are that the crew did not eject, and it took 2 hours to extricate them

[Mave]

Thankfully sounds like the crew are not badly hurt.

[Simpo Two]

Wonder how that happened?

Tricky to get out, what with live ejection seats...

[MartG]

Simpo Two said:

Tricky to get out, what with live ejection seats...

Not to mention the explosive canopy release - I guess that's why it took 2 hours to get them out, they probably had to cut through the plexiglass

[MitchT]

MartG said:

reports are that the crew did not eject

To be fair, the ejection vector doesn't look favourable.

[MartG]

Another article with video

http://www.whio.com/news/thunderbird-pilot-team-pa...

[Eric Mc]

Official statement by Dayton Airport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5DIzNvSCY

It may have flipped whilst taxying.

[Eric Mc]

It looks like there was another F-16 accident on 21 June - this one at Ellington Field just outside Houston, Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31WlSwUuz2I

And another at Andrews Air Force Base on 16 June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjwf6RJ8_00

Three F-16s in a week.

Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 24th June 11:35

[ktcanuck]

Eric Mc said:

It looks like there was another F-16 accident on 21 June - this one at Ellington Field just outside Houston, Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31WlSwUuz2I

And another at Andrews Air Force Base on 16 June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjwf6RJ8_00

Three F-16s in a week.

Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 24th June 11:35

"Third in a week" was in April.

[Eric Mc]

Obviously posted up on youtube some time after the event.