Red Arrow crashes near Bournemouth
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Soldato
Oh I didnt know that you knew him personally.
Sorry for your loss and give all the other guys some OcUK love.
Man of Honour
RIP.
Sad news
Sorry to hear you knew him
Can I ask how you are involved in the RA?
I'm part of the groundcrew of the Red Arrows, an Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic specialising in Avionics.
I had returned from Newquay airport yesterday after a few days there for airshows in Dawlish (Our display got cancelled due to weather) and Fowey. I found out the news today whilst in the bar on base watching the football.
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Soldato
Anyone know what caused it? Mechanical failure?
Soldato
Terrible shame, the family have my condolences
Soldato
Such a terrible loss, and one that I am sure will be felt for a long time.
My thoughts and sympathies go out to both his family and friends, aswell as his groundcrew who no doubt are going to be having a few stressful weeks establishing what happened, and most of all how it happened, and how not to let it happen again.
RIP
My thoughts and sympathies go out to both his family and friends, aswell as his groundcrew who no doubt are going to be having a few stressful weeks establishing what happened, and most of all how it happened, and how not to let it happen again.
RIP
Associate
No-one can say for certain. The accident investigators will determine the cause in time.
Always love seeing the Reds perform, and this is such a tragic loss. RIP Red 4
Soldato
So sad, if he was guiding it away from civilisation then he's a hero. Always love watching the Red Arrows and I hope that more unnecessary laws arent introduced as a result of this.
RIP
RIP
Soldato
No-one can say for certain. The accident investigators will determine the cause in time.
Always love seeing the Reds perform, and this is such a tragic loss. RIP Red 4
So will the rest of the team be grounded while they figure out what went wrong?
So sad, if he was guiding it away from civilisation then he's a hero. Always love watching the Red Arrows and I hope that more unnecessary laws arent introduced as a result of this.
RIP
It crashed within 100 yards of someone out walking, lets face it, you can steer it away from crowds but it looked like it had gone off formation and just lost power/control.
Soldato
RIP
Always love to see the red arrows.
Always love to see the red arrows.
Terrible news indeed.
As much as it's possible he was moving the aircraft away from crowds, nothing stops you ejecting at the last second where you on the control makes little to no odds. Part of me thinks you can do both. None of us know for sure though, mix of mechanical failure and inability to eject or fell unconscious and was plain luck where it crashed. Nobody knows, yet.
As much as it's possible he was moving the aircraft away from crowds, nothing stops you ejecting at the last second where you on the control makes little to no odds. Part of me thinks you can do both. None of us know for sure though, mix of mechanical failure and inability to eject or fell unconscious and was plain luck where it crashed. Nobody knows, yet.
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Soldato
Im no expert, but looking at the video where it shows Red4 gliding off, there doesnt seem to be much of a course correction in the pitch, so probably lost control of his elevators maybe? with the speed and relative height you would have expected to see it glide a little more than it did.
RIP Red4.
RIP Red4.
Soldato
RIP.
Soldato
Very sad, RIP.
I hope they find out the cause...do these little jets carry FDRs and such?
I hope they find out the cause...do these little jets carry FDRs and such?