RAF Harrier Crash, Kandahar, Afghanistan

[harrygorrod23]

@IronManXXX mate that isn't an AV8B it's a British Harrier GR7/9

[IronManXXX]

The AV8B is still a hard hitting fighter...great for ground attack...If the airframe is sound, you can update and upgrade planes for a long time with new avionics. Look at the F-15, F-16, A-10, etc. Still very capable a/c.

[mang0mang0mang0]

wow good camera work

[ibelieveinsumthin]

The Harrier had recon imagery of high importance had damage to flaps and engine failure he landed it at the airfield so data could be recovered and the black box easier to find rather then ditch it in the middle of a dangerous mountainous region.. he did not stall he just brought the jet home for easier recovery

[mr9396]

Well, the plane was no loss because the government scrapped them recently. fuckers.

[Aliasify]

@mr9396 The harrier has been out of date for 20 years, and its being replaced by a new aircraft in 10-15 years anyway, so hwat do you do? Sacrafice more advanced aircraft we actually need? You cant just keep upgrading it and upgrading it, sooner or later it has to be retired they are almost 60 years old.

[mr9396]

@Aliasify. Out of date, are you mad! these harriers are gr9's, they have recently been updgraded in the £500 million (JUMP) programme. They are exeptionally capable in ground attack and air defence. Just because the first variant was designed about 40 years ago, doesn't make them out of date. You can upgrade a fleet because that increases the service life. And they were going to be replaced in ten years time, so we are without a carrier fleet for a decade! even the americans still use harrers!

[djrowland323]

They said on different versions of this vid that this pilot was recovering the aircraft after taking ground fire while on a close support mission. So basically he put the rather expensive aircraft on the runway rather than destroying it on ejection. As to not being able to land a harrier conventionally thats rubbish, with nozzles forward it can land like any other aircraft. Putting the nozzles down would put extra strain on what may be a damaged engine.

[ColoursCapello]

It is an RAF pilots first royal duty to secure the tea before ejecting the aircraft. That's why he took so long. Sadly, the crumpets were KIA.

[captaincommando2]

flying long?

[jonnyboyo92]

Tax payers money well spent...

[battosaii1991]

Looks to me like he stalled her out :[ You have to exceed a certain set speed in an aircraft when you land it. I've almost done this before. If you don't keep the minimum speed, you'll stall out. The only other thing that could of happened is too much spoilers.

[DrWatson08]

@battosaii1991 Complete rubbish, how can you stall an aircraft that can land vertically. The pilot didn't have enought nozzle, or enough power setting, or landing too heavy, or engine problems. The fact that he pitched up before landing showed he was flying it like a conventional aircraft which it is not. There are also problems where pilots can get confused with the nozzle lever and the throttle, like the Lowestoft crash, maybe here too.

[battosaii1991]

@DrWatson08 Just because its a V/STOL aircraft, does not mean you HAVE to land it vertically. This is a standard landing. I do not claim to know all the controls on a harrier, but as a fellow pilot, I understand the principles of flight. As you said yourself, he didn't have enough "enought nozzle, or enough power setting" As I stated earlier, if you don't keep your aircraft (any aircraft for that matter) at its proper speed for landing you WILL stall.

[03Wale]

@DrWatson08 The aircraft can stall if the nozzles aren't positioned downwards.You're talking like stalling is impossible in the Harrier.

[masterfistlord]

Oh noes! Admiral Benson again.

[jthqrules]

@buymeamic Everyone on youtube hopes your head explodes.

Dumbass.

[PilotInCommand100]

there goes 40 million

[oughty]

Fuck, the boss is going to go nuts

[urmo345]

Still i wonder was it emergency landing or pilot error cause all ordinances and fuel tanks are still on and not ejected.

[urmo345]

not so successful crash landing

[weeguymo]

his jet insurance must have went through the roof after this

[cpe111]

its okay, it'll buff out

[joshwashposh]

he stays in the plane til he's surrounded by fire. hardcore motherfucker

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

taliban put sugar in his fuel.

[prophaniti1]

Bugger Ill have worked on that jet at some point in the past.

[hooahtapout23]

I was there when that happened...crazy shit...

[JimzCJ]

the real hero of this was the cameraman ...he captured the cockpit /plane and it was going more than 200 miles an hr ..pro;)

[fdx723]

man imagine that guys desion to eject while skiding along the ground fuck man

[MADEINMAIDEN]

PULL THE PARKING BRAKE!

[W1NgC0mM4nD3R]

@jujitsuman68 you can clearly see the RAF roundel at 0:09

[navnig]

@jujitsuman68 It was an RAF Harrier

[navnig]

@jujitsuman68 He didn't forget how to do anything, the Harrier was suffering from a major technical failure, I forget now exactly what it was but it wasn't pilot error.  You can sleep tonight :)

[jujitsuman68]

@navnig it had a major engine failure, never said it was pilot error and i always sleep good right after your mum sucks my cock. :)

[navnig]

@jujitsuman68 some people are just fucking wrong in the head. arsehole.

[jujitsuman68]

@navnig talking about arseholes how you doing. :)

[navnig]

@navnig Not gonna entertain a troll any longer. Enjoy the rest of your empty miserable life.

[urmo345]

@navnig Then why he did not drop ordinances and fuel tanks before emergency landing?

[navnig]

@urmo345 I'd say the tanks were empty and the only ordanance on board were the Sidewinders, they can't be dropped, they have to be fired as they're on rails.

Look on wikipedia for RAF Harrier losses.

Scroll down to 14 may, 2009

Seems the reason for the crash was the landing gear that wouldn't extend properly, not engine failure as I 1st stated.

[a4kkahu]

shit he hit hard but any landing you walk away from is a goodie. a definite change of pants required

[Skillsthatgills1]

That looked expensive...

[Me4tsh1eld]

The harrier looks really rugged, I expected that thing to flatten.

[footyball66]

Is this real, its absolutely insane. Was this on the news, I would have thought something as crazy as that wudda been on the news.

[permaveg]

No fear, we will rob the uk taxpayer , deprive them of new hospitals, cut back the police force and any other method we can to keep up with the NWO agenda. British people are being sucked dry by our vampirac corrupt goverment and they cant see or bother to notice whats been going on, take it up the arse british subjects you deserve it dont you , now shut up and get back to sleep !

[somethingmemorable1]

@permaveg I bet you have like 9 cats

[primonemo]

a crash with full weapons equipments..amazing

[chrislewis1981]

Love the Jdam lighting up

[Weibkoln]

entertaining!!!!!!!

[LukeEVILED2K]

The plane may have taken damage, if so then the pilot was lucky to get it that far....

[camer81]

Lucky boy!!! Was as if the air was to thin the way it pitched unless he was heavy???

[Typhoon10UK]

What went wrong?

[j0rzeh]

Ejecting that low without being up in the air can actually snap the spine and neck, I hope he is ok, Must have been a problem with the landing equipment, Raf pilots don't make mistakes, Walking computers the lot of them.

[waynerd23]

Looks like another pilot error to make the Harrier look like a bad jet again. You would think a generation raised on video games would produce better pilots.

[rhysybum]

@waynerd23 Yes because the RAF obviously have crap pilots. why dont you go in a harrier and show us how it's done?

[peterm3964]

Now thats good camera work . ... got EVERYTHING .

[adamlinks]

Class! :)

[mathyu0179123232]

your fired

[vipervet18]

texting while flying... :/

[KA1040]

Holy crap. If he didn't have a back problem after the belly flop the ejection looked no better. Hope he's ok, takes a lotta guts to fly one of those for sure.

[ninjasquirrelsrock]

DAMN! That pilot has BALLS for staying in there!

[Ragox]

What a horrible landing approach. He was quite lucky to survive that.

[eatthisvr6]

@Ragox

im pretty sure it was mechanical problem not pilot error and i think he stayed with it to it under some kind of control right upto the point the cockpit was engulfed