[simpits-tech] One less Mud Hen

[Gene Buckle]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> On 22 March 2011 11:06, Brian Sikkema <brian at sikkema.us> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8397634/Libya-American-fighter-jet-crash-lands-in-field-near-Benghazi.html
>>
>> Thank goodness it sounds like the crew made it out ok!! I'm very curious
>> as to what the cause was - they're saying it was a mechanical failure,
>> not hostile fire... but you never know.
>>
> That guy at the back, the one with the grey beard... I'm sure that's gene
> scavenging for parts...
>
...wouldn't be the first time. :)

She impacted pretty flat though.  That flattening you see is more due to 
impact force than the post-crash fire.  I've seen a MiG in similar shape 
that didn't burn.  It looked like someone pressed it in a can smasher.

g.


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