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Crash at our local Airshow.
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:09 pm
by Duper
News Story
I'm too exuasted to type much out right now. Please read through the articles and the videos.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:57 am
by dissent
Dayum !!!
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:05 am
by Kiran
Dang that sucks for the people that lives in those homes. Poor pilot though, may he rest in peace.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:02 pm
by Duper
Only the pilot was killed fortunately. The jet was a decommissioned British fighter and as such had all its ordinance removed, including the ejection seat.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:59 pm
by Xamindar
Videos don't work but that sounds terrible. Did you witness that happening Duper? It's amazing nobody was home when it crashed into that house.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:31 pm
by TIGERassault
Xamindar wrote:It's amazing nobody was home when it crashed into that house.
Not really, considering that they'd all be at the airshow.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:53 pm
by Duper
1 house was obliterated another one was heavily damaged. The latter had 2 people inside, but they were on the other side of the house that took damage. They got out ok. The house that was destroyed; the lady left that afternoon for \"saturday market\" or some such. There were people home all around those houses. The 3rd home that took light damage was empty.
http://www.katu.com/stories/87628.html
(click \"watch this story\")
And I'm sure the airshow will continue. The news station is speculating on stuff they don't know about. The funny thing is, if they had botheredd covering the airshow to begin with, they would have had
ALL the info they needed, but as there was no major headliner (i.e. Thunderbirds or Angles) they dind't think it was important.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:52 am
by Sir Sam II
TIGERassault wrote:Xamindar wrote:It's amazing nobody was home when it crashed into that house.
Not really, considering that they'd all be at the airshow.
Actually, after a while you just start to watch the airshows from your house being that close. I would sit in the backyard & watch them in the distance & have the F-18 hornets go over my head.