Harrier Crash/Ditch at Lowestoft Air Festival 2002

A harrier Jump Jet ditches into the sea at Lowestoft Air Festival 2002.

Quoted by the MOD:
"The inquiry concluded that the accident was caused by the failure to select the nozzle control lever to the "Hover Stop" following an inadvertent nozzle lever movement"..

The pilot ejected successfully, only being injured when hitting the aircraft on the way down.

Read the full details on the crash

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/610DA872-1AC5-4CAF-B7CB-B4FFC76BD148/0/maas02_...

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[assassinops]

Sure I'm a harrier mechanic and have had a similar situation during a simulated air support mission. Theres actually other factors in this crash. A pilot does not eject unless he absolutly has no control.

[jamwatn]

@assassinops Im just going with what the official MOD report says on the link on my description! I work for the MOD too

[assassinops]

pilots dont push throttle the wrong way, a harrier pilot is chosen from amongst his peers at the top 10%. What really happened was a flight control computer failure along with associated avionics failure.

[jamwatn]

@assassinops Can you prove this? I'm only going on what I have heard from a couple of sources and I did feel it was a bit over the top. If you can find a decent source I would love to change the information.

[jamwatn]

@assassinops I can quote from a URL in the description now.

[CPS123456]

these Harriers can land anywhere

[GreyGhost881]

Just a normal day at the beach

[TheThebounty]

STILL WAITING FOR THAT APOLOGY ASSASSINOTOPS

[TheThebounty]

@assassinops do you get some sort of perverted kick out of spouting delusional nonsense?

[TheThebounty]

@assassinops wouldnt that be harrier engineer?

[TheThebounty]

i so want to see the HUD video now that i know it exists

[TheThebounty]

@assassinops where did you initially get this incorrect information from? we are all intrigued here..............we can "all" (in italics) only go by what the official report states so are not first hand experts on the truth (only the pilot and black box data recorder know the truth) but was is clear is the facts stated in the official and i reiterate OFFICIAL MOD report

[TheThebounty]

@assassinops The MOD report is conclusive. Pilot error caused by incorrect nozzle movements. Judging by the noise it "sounds" like the engines run down but this could be the noise being pushed away from the observer, but either way the cause was pilot error and not a mechanical fault. Is there still a problem with the conclusive evidence as stated in the MOD report?