USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0297 crashed into the Yellow Sea just off South Korea on January 29th, 1989. This picture was taken during the recovery operation. It took about a week to hoist it out. [Photo by SSgt Roberty Czzowitz]
Actually the crash was caused by a fuel nozzle chafing the combustor can and started shooting fuel like a blow torch through the engine and into aircraft. Pilot ejected just before a big fire erupted. Just so happened that an Army helicoptor was about to take off from Kunsan and was sent to rescue pilot.
Posted by Guest on Tue 29 Aug 2006 03:02:45 AM CEST
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I was there for that one Augmenter fuel pump caught on fire one of many AF wide
Posted by Guest on Fri 30 Sep 2005 02:20:16 AM CEST
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