I was waiting to cross the threshold when this crash happened. There was NO other aircraft on the runway. The pilot stayed in the aircraft in order steer the harrier clear of the runway so normal service could be resumed quicker. Kandahar only had one runway back then and was a vital base in southern Afghanistan so the pilot should be commended for his efforts which allowed troops and supplies to continue arriving
For those who question why this pilot is to be nominated for a medal, see this more complete video (watch?v=RXJBCXHtUgM) which was taken by an on-site team filming a documentary about medical teams on Chinooks. Not only was he hit, flying out of a hotzone with fighting still taking place on the ground, the Chinook was hit as well - he piloted the heli back to base with failing hydraulics and transmission. Remember seeing the actual documentary on TV when it was being shot.
@pyro999maniac Hmm. I've read all over the place that his engine took a dump. It was extremely weird that he would screw up that bad. Oh well. At least he's alive.
@coldpark48 he misjuded the angle and speed of approach after a steep decent to avoid being targeted. he is a very good pilot....just got it wrong this time. my dad had to take the engine out of this thing to salvage parts as spares for other aircraft. the pilot was actually commended for staying with the aircraft and steering it clear of others on the flightline
@itsumonihon these Paveway II and III have a electronic arming system which is activated when the weapon is released from the aircraft pylon. it will not go off in this kind of incident at all.
@mcoop999 it wont go boom. it wont go boom even if the aircraft went nose first into the ground. Paveway weapons have extremely good safety systems which prevent this. It has 'Late-Arm' system which mean that it will only arm once it has been released from the aircraft and been provided with a target. If it has no target it wil not arm and will not detonate
If you know anything about the engine. If it is running, which means there is fire in the combustion chamber it doesn't matter about an "igniter failure," that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard!! And you heard him power up before landing. Some other system failure, but an igniter failure!? And you heard that from a techie??
@11Greatness 1.) learn to reply. 2.) yeah, because fires dont go out...idiot and 3.) yeah the engine powered before impact, if you read (which i doubt you can) my comment i DIDNT say the engine cut out at anytime....go play flightsim
@christoffNY Your fuc**n stupid! You said there was an ignitor fail!! ONLY if he was in manual fuel with a dual lane DECU failure would that have mattered and then yes you would have been correct in your stupid as* statement. You have no idea what you are talking about boy. I watched the video and could tell right off the back it was a misjudged landing of some sort but an ignitor fail. You just made me mad with a comment like that. And I don't think they call them techies there you.
@11Greatness And you have proved my point exactly...you can't read. I haven't claimed to 'know what I'm talking about' at any time....so try again! Oh and your last sentence doesn't make sense, back to school for you I think.
@christoffNY Okay you got me there with you don't know what your talking about clearly. But my last sentence does make sense. You need to be a little more open minded. I promise you I am not the only one to speak like that. Travel a little and you will see a lot of neat things there you.
heard from a couple of harrier techies that the incident was cause by an ignitor fail, the little 'spark plugs' if you will. Saw a harrier with a ignitor failure at Coningsby, who landed safely. And before anyone says about the engine can be heard running, the engine can still indeed be running, the harrier I saw landing its engine was most definatly running also
@christoffNY here's some info from the Harrier Sootie who was working on this aircraft.........it was pilot error, misjudged distance and speed on a steep approach. he was later congratualted for staying in the aircraft to guide it away from others on the pan before ejecting
The pilot was affected by density altitude during the spiral descent to avoid air ground threats, the power was left on too late too, hence he tried to do a late recovery but alas, the sink rate was too high.
those ejection seats are pretty amazing. Im curious for any fighter pilots out there, do you have to do something similair to an ejection during training? Or do you just experience it for the first time when you have to?
@Sepultura0607 I'm calling you out for being an ahole. Words like that don't bring peace. They only spread hatred. I for one refuse to hate. Go ahead and rant about F Nato, or F USA... but it makes you look like a little dog who barks to get attention. I feel sad for you.
For the record and so folks can stop speculating...this aircraft was the second element in a flight of two aircraft...no other aircraft was put on the runway and he was responsible for his own seperation (which is obvious for anyone who knows anything about Aviation/Air Traffic Control) with his wingman.
Incident report stated the pilot simply misjudged and misflew the approach.
yeah he was looking for lift and he just couldn't get any. He slammed into that pretty good and hung in there for the ride (briefly). He should have rode it out.
@ajawofcopan I flew in the Air Force for 16 years and you don't ride it out. I have seen too many videos of guys that did and they died. A fighter jet that is going that speed can heat up from the friction, and while you think it will slide to a stop..BOOM! The heat ignites the fuel, that is under severe pressure from the planes weight alone. I am thinking the reason he waited to eject was from the impact and disorientation. If you crash land and slide in a fighter you eject. He was lucky.
@MrUS1972 i have a question sir, gears are ok, y he landed that way?? not on runway?? what could be the problem??? air brakes??? fraps?? cant u control speed by engine??? am thinking what could have gone wrong leading to this??? u r experienced plz let me know. thanx
@saamisweetu No problem. BTW I flew the McDonald Douglas F-15C on many sortes into Iraq. Great plane, 2.5 Mach @ 45,000' (1,600 mph +) Anyhow, I have seen the whole video before and from another angle, not on here. Another fighter aircraft turned onto the runway so he decided to go over the plane and land. Two mistakes were made, he was going too fast and didn't judge his angle of descent correctly so he couldn't power up fast enough to take recover and stay airborne to correct both mistakes.
@MrUS1972 i don't think that is correct. My father was on this Squadron at the time and the Aircraft was on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) and was returning after a "show of force" sortie. He simply misjudged and misflew the approach after a steep descent.
Sound is slightly out of sync with the visuals. No, it's not sound speed vs light speed or voodoo or some New World Order conspiracy controlling sound and light on earth....nothing more than like watching a cheap Chinese Kung-Fu movie.
God that has got to be embarrassing. Especially when his squadron's safety officer found out that someone filmed it. How do you explain a 5G landing? You can see his helmet pitch hard when he impacts- I mean flares his landing. Ouch.
My only question was...why was this approach already being filmed, and how does the cam operator stay with it the whole way like a belly landing is what he expected?
Glad the lad was able to punch out, looked like the chute barely had time to fully deploy, he's one blessed bugger...
He was apparently a rookie pilot & fucked up... nothing wrong with the aircraft... he made a bad judgement call, when aparrently another aircraft manoeuvered onto the runway... however the pilot supposedly had plenty of time to perform a go around.. but instead performed this balls-up...
@Radification One minute and twenty seconds or so to be on the scene,considering the size of the base and the fact they have to cross active runways to get there ,damn good I think.And before you say the runways would have been closed,the crew would have to assume the runways to be active at all times.
The video/sound are not in sync. Listen carefully, you hear the engine spool up then the sound of the engine compressor stall/flame out and complete loss of power. Keep listening, you hear the plane smack the runway at a high nose attitude. Watch the pilot eject, hear the delay in the sound as the seat rockets fire. My guess, engine failure / flame out at the moment the pilot pushed the power up to arrest the descent rate prior to what was expecting to be a normal landing.
@19996669991 the pilot was a new pilot on his first tour and was removed from flying from what i have read in the crash report the crash was his fault as he was coming into land another aircraft pulled onto the runway it was deemed he had enough time to go round but chose to go over the other plane and land but his rate of decent was to high if you look at the aux air doors just behing the cockpit they opened just before impact showing he had applied full power but to late.
@19996669991 the pilot was a new pilot on his first tour and was removed from flying from what i have read in the crash report the crash was his fault as he was coming into land another aircraft pulled onto the runway it was deemed he had enough time to go round but chose to go over the other plane and land but his rate of decent was to high if you look at the aux air doors just behing the cockpit they opened just before impact showing he had applied full power but to late
@TJkiwiOWEG I'd like to see you land a Harrier please... Oh wait...
Anyway, he may have crashed the plane, but that takes dedication to not immediately eject, and to instead stay in your broken down flaming jet and steer it away from everything and wait for it to get to a slow pace, then eject.
@ArrrPirate666 Sorry shippers, but once he was on the ground, he had no control over where the jet was going, as seen by it starting to spin. Although I admit he stayed longer than I thought he would of. Shame it happened, but nice to see it filmed well.
that was possibly the worst landing trajectory ive ever seen that wasnt due to an aircraft malfunction or damage. that pilot should have pulled up and tried again rather than risk crashing that expensive ass plane!
@Cman95 the reason for this crash was pilot error you dont see it in this video but another aircraft turned onto the runway as the harrier came in to land it was deemed the pilot had enough time to avoid the aircraft on the runway but desided to go over the aircraft and land anyway but missjudged his speed and angle of decent this crash happened about 6 months ago the pilot was removed from flying permanantly.
You're the AEM who is/was known as Chunky ? An arrogant piece of work at best. Shit, things must be bad if a lump of shit like you is privvy to accident reports.
@rothko1972 wooo hang on a min where have i been arrogant??? and anyone who buys airforce monthly magazine would have read the accident report not just me i also know somone who knows the pilot, why call me a lump of shit whe you have no idea who i am?? weirdo
apparently pilot error. He had the nozzle set to the wrong degree and when he heard the stall warning he powered up and hit the deck.
TheRoss2003 3 months ago
noob
lilizinha666 4 months ago
damn, he's got some balls to stay in a burning aircraft as long as he did trying to get to a safe area.
eustispanther 7 months ago
@eustispanther. A general rule of thumb is if you eject you wont fly again. He was probably just making sure it was time to leave lol.
tomermoderchai 5 months ago
@tomermoderchai so true lol
hidri86 2 months ago
I was waiting to cross the threshold when this crash happened. There was NO other aircraft on the runway. The pilot stayed in the aircraft in order steer the harrier clear of the runway so normal service could be resumed quicker. Kandahar only had one runway back then and was a vital base in southern Afghanistan so the pilot should be commended for his efforts which allowed troops and supplies to continue arriving
TheRoss2003 7 months ago
@TheRoss2003
What was the cause?
RetSquid 3 months ago
were afghanistan..herat!?
calmoore790 7 months ago
For those who question why this pilot is to be nominated for a medal, see this more complete video (watch?v=RXJBCXHtUgM) which was taken by an on-site team filming a documentary about medical teams on Chinooks. Not only was he hit, flying out of a hotzone with fighting still taking place on the ground, the Chinook was hit as well - he piloted the heli back to base with failing hydraulics and transmission. Remember seeing the actual documentary on TV when it was being shot.
69Sphynx 8 months ago
oops
immortalass 8 months ago
Engine failed.
coldpark48 8 months ago
@coldpark48 no.....pilot error mate. this aircraft was from my dads squadron.
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
@pyro999maniac Hmm. I've read all over the place that his engine took a dump. It was extremely weird that he would screw up that bad. Oh well. At least he's alive.
coldpark48 8 months ago
@coldpark48 he misjuded the angle and speed of approach after a steep decent to avoid being targeted. he is a very good pilot....just got it wrong this time. my dad had to take the engine out of this thing to salvage parts as spares for other aircraft. the pilot was actually commended for staying with the aircraft and steering it clear of others on the flightline
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
Mechanical failure or pilot error?
PEEBLIES 8 months ago
@PEEBLIES pilot error
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
And then a nice cup of tea, after this little crash, indeed...
lepivert 8 months ago
Wow the ejection looks so rough. Thats a lot of force.
GrizBearman 8 months ago
I was sitting here thinking is he gonna eject or what ha
BzgTrueno 8 months ago
This guy definitely went to Embry Riddle.
bennyworldwide 8 months ago 5
what the hell?? cant he land slower?
AsemKhanfar 8 months ago
i hope all the us air force will be like her
ااامين
ksasaudifalcon 8 months ago
he had a laser guided bomb on the end of his wing lucky it didnt go boom
mcoop999 8 months ago
@mcoop999 they're designed not to cook off so quickly, people learned after the carrier cook off incident in vietnam
itsumonihon 8 months ago
@itsumonihon these Paveway II and III have a electronic arming system which is activated when the weapon is released from the aircraft pylon. it will not go off in this kind of incident at all.
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
@mcoop999 it wouldn't go boom
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
@pyro999maniac in hot enough temps with jet fuel it could go boom
mcoop999 6 months ago
@mcoop999 it wont go boom. it wont go boom even if the aircraft went nose first into the ground. Paveway weapons have extremely good safety systems which prevent this. It has 'Late-Arm' system which mean that it will only arm once it has been released from the aircraft and been provided with a target. If it has no target it wil not arm and will not detonate
pyro999maniac 6 months ago
@pyro999maniac so your telling me under extreme heat the explosives would not react?
mcoop999 6 months ago
@mcoop999 paveway will not react under heat either.i know its surprising. I was shocked when my father told me but nope it wont
pyro999maniac 6 months ago
God this makes me kinda scared to be a pilot
Arashieatssweets 9 months ago
Read Mer79s comment, was caused
by mis judged distance while landing. Pilot error
11Greatness 9 months ago
If you know anything about the engine. If it is running, which means there is fire in the combustion chamber it doesn't matter about an "igniter failure," that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard!! And you heard him power up before landing. Some other system failure, but an igniter failure!? And you heard that from a techie??
11Greatness 9 months ago
@11Greatness 1.) learn to reply. 2.) yeah, because fires dont go out...idiot and 3.) yeah the engine powered before impact, if you read (which i doubt you can) my comment i DIDNT say the engine cut out at anytime....go play flightsim
christoffNY 8 months ago
@christoffNY Your fuc**n stupid! You said there was an ignitor fail!! ONLY if he was in manual fuel with a dual lane DECU failure would that have mattered and then yes you would have been correct in your stupid as* statement. You have no idea what you are talking about boy. I watched the video and could tell right off the back it was a misjudged landing of some sort but an ignitor fail. You just made me mad with a comment like that. And I don't think they call them techies there you.
11Greatness 7 months ago
@11Greatness And you have proved my point exactly...you can't read. I haven't claimed to 'know what I'm talking about' at any time....so try again! Oh and your last sentence doesn't make sense, back to school for you I think.
christoffNY 7 months ago
@christoffNY Okay you got me there with you don't know what your talking about clearly. But my last sentence does make sense. You need to be a little more open minded. I promise you I am not the only one to speak like that. Travel a little and you will see a lot of neat things there you.
11Greatness 7 months ago
@11Greatness Ive seen a lot of the world, but I have never heard that, are you American?
christoffNY 7 months ago
@christoffNY Yes I am. I have seen a lot of the world as well.
11Greatness 7 months ago
@christoffNY I take it your British?
11Greatness 7 months ago
heard from a couple of harrier techies that the incident was cause by an ignitor fail, the little 'spark plugs' if you will. Saw a harrier with a ignitor failure at Coningsby, who landed safely. And before anyone says about the engine can be heard running, the engine can still indeed be running, the harrier I saw landing its engine was most definatly running also
christoffNY 9 months ago
@christoffNY here's some info from the Harrier Sootie who was working on this aircraft.........it was pilot error, misjudged distance and speed on a steep approach. he was later congratualted for staying in the aircraft to guide it away from others on the pan before ejecting
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
@pyro999maniac ahh right, cheers for info mate :)
christoffNY 8 months ago
@christoffNY no problem. any time pal :)
pyro999maniac 7 months ago
The pilot was affected by density altitude during the spiral descent to avoid air ground threats, the power was left on too late too, hence he tried to do a late recovery but alas, the sink rate was too high.
P4rtis4n 10 months ago
Is this coming out of his paycheck?
Ome99 10 months ago
an expensive error
kaizer4519 10 months ago
fire trucks were a bit slow ??/?
SIRSMITH08 10 months ago
those ejection seats are pretty amazing. Im curious for any fighter pilots out there, do you have to do something similair to an ejection during training? Or do you just experience it for the first time when you have to?
umbrellaBuddha 10 months ago
@umbrellaBuddha sort of ..pull and prey thing, as far as i know you dont have any formal ejection training :) but im not a fast jet pilot
christoffNY 9 months ago
OH SNAP.im white
antimas1020 10 months ago
Made in China
med672 10 months ago
Fuuuuuuck, thats coming out of his paycheck... :P
50CaliberElliot 10 months ago
Emergencie services took super long to get there!
samiam577 11 months ago
pilot error, too much speed or maybe miscalculated the altitude
jerrycrus 11 months ago
even though he survived you know when his nose of the plane broke he was like well im screwed
iwatchyouatnight1 11 months ago
FUCK NATO.FUCK USA.FUCK ENGLAND!!!!!!!!
Sepultura0607 11 months ago
@Sepultura0607 I suggest you curb some of that hostility. You sound like a yappy little dog.
DKeternal 11 months ago
@DKeternal What the fuck are you doing man? ))
Sepultura0607 11 months ago
@Sepultura0607 I'm calling you out for being an ahole. Words like that don't bring peace. They only spread hatred. I for one refuse to hate. Go ahead and rant about F Nato, or F USA... but it makes you look like a little dog who barks to get attention. I feel sad for you.
DKeternal 11 months ago
@Sepultura0607 Fuck Russia douche bag.
shadowr434 10 months ago
For the record and so folks can stop speculating...this aircraft was the second element in a flight of two aircraft...no other aircraft was put on the runway and he was responsible for his own seperation (which is obvious for anyone who knows anything about Aviation/Air Traffic Control) with his wingman.
Incident report stated the pilot simply misjudged and misflew the approach.
MerKnight79 11 months ago
pilot has balls the size of semi trucks!
fabianfonzie 11 months ago
gotcha, yeah I see now..Peace
MrUS1972 11 months ago
his legs must have been crashed , the parachute didnt had time to slow his fall.
EcuadorWeedSmoker 11 months ago
some bullets must have done this...
GrimmjowProduction 1 year ago
Why did it crash?
TheDevenrocks 1 year ago
@TheDevenrocks to fast to land you cant land a harrier or any other fighter jet at that speed
dxrules52 1 year ago
LMAO. leave it to the brits
MissionRiddim 1 year ago
yeah he was looking for lift and he just couldn't get any. He slammed into that pretty good and hung in there for the ride (briefly). He should have rode it out.
ajawofcopan 1 year ago
@ajawofcopan I flew in the Air Force for 16 years and you don't ride it out. I have seen too many videos of guys that did and they died. A fighter jet that is going that speed can heat up from the friction, and while you think it will slide to a stop..BOOM! The heat ignites the fuel, that is under severe pressure from the planes weight alone. I am thinking the reason he waited to eject was from the impact and disorientation. If you crash land and slide in a fighter you eject. He was lucky.
MrUS1972 1 year ago
@MrUS1972 i have a question sir, gears are ok, y he landed that way?? not on runway?? what could be the problem??? air brakes??? fraps?? cant u control speed by engine??? am thinking what could have gone wrong leading to this??? u r experienced plz let me know. thanx
saamisweetu 1 year ago
@saamisweetu No problem. BTW I flew the McDonald Douglas F-15C on many sortes into Iraq. Great plane, 2.5 Mach @ 45,000' (1,600 mph +) Anyhow, I have seen the whole video before and from another angle, not on here. Another fighter aircraft turned onto the runway so he decided to go over the plane and land. Two mistakes were made, he was going too fast and didn't judge his angle of descent correctly so he couldn't power up fast enough to take recover and stay airborne to correct both mistakes.
MrUS1972 1 year ago
@MrUS1972 McDonnell Douglas, just sayin'
OlderG0ds 11 months ago
@OlderG0ds I didn't get all the comment, it stopped at just sayin'........?
MrUS1972 11 months ago
@MrUS1972 That is all the comment. Was just correcting the name
OlderG0ds 11 months ago
@MrUS1972 i don't think that is correct. My father was on this Squadron at the time and the Aircraft was on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) and was returning after a "show of force" sortie. He simply misjudged and misflew the approach after a steep descent.
pyro999maniac 8 months ago
something wierd happened, he obviously came in much too fast. Either tech problems or injured pilot imho
Xiolablu3 1 year ago
Looks like he planned to stay with the aircraft, until that sheet of fire rolled over the canopy. Then he said "screw it, I'm outta here"!
mke3212000 1 year ago
I thought all Harriers were VTOL?
TalekAetem 1 year ago
@TalekAetem yes but they also take off and land normally
misfit1978 1 year ago
this is just like call of duty
ryzerrr 1 year ago
@ryzerrr No, it isn't.
TalekAetem 1 year ago
Sound is slightly out of sync with the visuals. No, it's not sound speed vs light speed or voodoo or some New World Order conspiracy controlling sound and light on earth....nothing more than like watching a cheap Chinese Kung-Fu movie.
actonbath 1 year ago
'Sir. It seems Autohover wasn't working'
'Autohover isn't fitted to this aircraft Biggles'
'Oh'
mrbish2007 1 year ago
i think the descent was either too fast or he flare abruptly or some technical malfunctions
360kal 1 year ago
3:00 Best smoke grenade ever :)
semyonanimater 1 year ago
Harriers are dangerous I wonder why they dont get replaced by the f-35 already
ACOBRAPILOTDUDE 1 year ago
@ACOBRAPILOTDUDE VTOL is expensive and overrated...
swertinge07 1 year ago
God that has got to be embarrassing. Especially when his squadron's safety officer found out that someone filmed it. How do you explain a 5G landing? You can see his helmet pitch hard when he impacts- I mean flares his landing. Ouch.
kroberts9884 1 year ago
lucky guy
SanSalvadotion 1 year ago
My only question was...why was this approach already being filmed, and how does the cam operator stay with it the whole way like a belly landing is what he expected?
Glad the lad was able to punch out, looked like the chute barely had time to fully deploy, he's one blessed bugger...
rAvensBBr 1 year ago
was the pilot ok
ramsdeandre 1 year ago
Lucky guy you could see him stuggling to eject !
Danpatto177 1 year ago
He was apparently a rookie pilot & fucked up... nothing wrong with the aircraft... he made a bad judgement call, when aparrently another aircraft manoeuvered onto the runway... however the pilot supposedly had plenty of time to perform a go around.. but instead performed this balls-up...
xoio 1 year ago
why the hell did he flare like that?
FlightSimulatorXATC 1 year ago
Is the nose supposed to just like... come off like that? 0_o
JDCoolMan21 1 year ago
They're also lucky that ordinance didn't detonate in the fire that followed.
wearemontueswedthurs 1 year ago
RAPID RESPONSE OF THE FIRE CREW LOL
Radification 1 year ago
@Radification One minute and twenty seconds or so to be on the scene,considering the size of the base and the fact they have to cross active runways to get there ,damn good I think.And before you say the runways would have been closed,the crew would have to assume the runways to be active at all times.
Bankadog 10 months ago
sorry posted twice lol
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago
The video/sound are not in sync. Listen carefully, you hear the engine spool up then the sound of the engine compressor stall/flame out and complete loss of power. Keep listening, you hear the plane smack the runway at a high nose attitude. Watch the pilot eject, hear the delay in the sound as the seat rockets fire. My guess, engine failure / flame out at the moment the pilot pushed the power up to arrest the descent rate prior to what was expecting to be a normal landing.
TacitDragon 1 year ago
@TacitDragon Yeah, it's almost as if the sound recorded in this clip was traveling at a lower speed than the light was. How weird!!!
sldfnslkxxlk 1 year ago 19
@sldfnslkxxlk
In fact sound is slower than light.
flyer203 1 year ago
almost saved the Harrier what happened?
MarcoTUV 1 year ago
how expensive is that thing ?! :S
J4K000B 1 year ago
Man those ejection seat are brutal. Seriously... pay attention... it's like siting on a bomb.
vava54own 1 year ago
its only when he burns his ass that he ejects, fair play lad!
mattmidlands 1 year ago 34
How long before this guy flies again or would he be grounded until they find out what went wrong? Anybody?
19996669991 1 year ago
@19996669991 the pilot was a new pilot on his first tour and was removed from flying from what i have read in the crash report the crash was his fault as he was coming into land another aircraft pulled onto the runway it was deemed he had enough time to go round but chose to go over the other plane and land but his rate of decent was to high if you look at the aux air doors just behing the cockpit they opened just before impact showing he had applied full power but to late.
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago
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@19996669991 the pilot was a new pilot on his first tour and was removed from flying from what i have read in the crash report the crash was his fault as he was coming into land another aircraft pulled onto the runway it was deemed he had enough time to go round but chose to go over the other plane and land but his rate of decent was to high if you look at the aux air doors just behing the cockpit they opened just before impact showing he had applied full power but to late
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago
see him at 0.20 hes calm
cycool100 1 year ago
Silly boy. That looked expensive.
drbobbeattie 1 year ago
why didn't the weapons blow up?
tommybritain 1 year ago
@tommybritain fail safes they wont explode
TheSimonHarris 1 year ago
At least he's okay, that's what's important.
IbanezJoey 1 year ago
Amazing mistake for a Harrier pilot to make.
nighthawk006phoenix 1 year ago
Aw no HD? to bad
Yed213 1 year ago
Peter Griffin who let you fly a military aircraft?
TJkiwiOWEG 1 year ago
@TJkiwiOWEG I'd like to see you land a Harrier please... Oh wait...
Anyway, he may have crashed the plane, but that takes dedication to not immediately eject, and to instead stay in your broken down flaming jet and steer it away from everything and wait for it to get to a slow pace, then eject.
ArrrPirate666 1 year ago
@ArrrPirate666 Sorry shippers, but once he was on the ground, he had no control over where the jet was going, as seen by it starting to spin. Although I admit he stayed longer than I thought he would of. Shame it happened, but nice to see it filmed well.
ibcornish 1 year ago
@ibcornish Then he must have just stayed in there to not steer his plane before ejecting.
ArrrPirate666 1 year ago
i guess this is what happens when you get so close to shooting that pesky harrier down after the fact
supercrapnstuff11 1 year ago
monitor work appaling!! not even touching the aircraft get Aircraft Handlers in there!! We'll do a decent job
rkw080889 1 year ago
probably u don't know how he crashed......it was caused by an engine fatal stop........
Milusto 1 year ago
@Milusto did you have any sound when you watched the vid the engine is running fine ive seen the accedent report thats why i know what happened
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago
its a Harrier after all......its suppose to crash SOMEDAY!
Dubaifreak 1 year ago
should of gone around
tomstutorials 1 year ago
шасси не вышло
Neptun8 1 year ago
that was possibly the worst landing trajectory ive ever seen that wasnt due to an aircraft malfunction or damage. that pilot should have pulled up and tried again rather than risk crashing that expensive ass plane!
Cman95 1 year ago
@Cman95 the reason for this crash was pilot error you dont see it in this video but another aircraft turned onto the runway as the harrier came in to land it was deemed the pilot had enough time to avoid the aircraft on the runway but desided to go over the aircraft and land anyway but missjudged his speed and angle of decent this crash happened about 6 months ago the pilot was removed from flying permanantly.
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago
@TheChunksterboy He did not get removed from flying permanently
sabs93 1 year ago
@TheChunksterboy
You're the AEM who is/was known as Chunky ? An arrogant piece of work at best. Shit, things must be bad if a lump of shit like you is privvy to accident reports.
rothko1972 1 year ago
@rothko1972 wooo hang on a min where have i been arrogant??? and anyone who buys airforce monthly magazine would have read the accident report not just me i also know somone who knows the pilot, why call me a lump of shit whe you have no idea who i am?? weirdo
TheChunksterboy 1 year ago