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F35 jet has crashed into the sea...why?
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bdunham7:
Planes crash sometimes.  There are a certain number of systems that don't have redundancy--like the engine in the case of the F35--and military planes are designed for a purpose rather than to just fly around safely.  Fighter jets often have characteristics that make them less safe during normal flight but better in combat.  That's one reason why they have ejection seats and civilian planes do not.  And as far as whether the F35 is 'shitty' or not, you can't even intelligently comment on that unless you know what it's actual capabilities are. 

As for why this one crashed, we don't know.  But in carrier operations with a single-engine airplane, there are going to be circumstances that are unrecoverable.  That's true even for twin engine planes.  Thus the rocket seats.
Bassman59:

--- Quote from: bdunham7 on November 18, 2021, 07:21:22 pm ---Planes crash sometimes.  There are a certain number of systems that don't have redundancy--like the engine in the case of the F35--and military planes are designed for a purpose rather than to just fly around safely.  Fighter jets often have characteristics that make them less safe during normal flight but better in combat.  That's one reason why they have ejection seats and civilian planes do not.  And as far as whether the F35 is 'shitty' or not, you can't even intelligently comment on that unless you know what it's actual capabilities are. 

As for why this one crashed, we don't know.  But in carrier operations with a single-engine airplane, there are going to be circumstances that are unrecoverable.  That's true even for twin engine planes.  Thus the rocket seats.

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Maybe the plane was shot down?

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.
bdunham7:

--- Quote from: Bassman59 on November 18, 2021, 07:29:15 pm ---Maybe the plane was shot down?

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

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By a guy in a rowboat with a musket?  Perhaps, but only if the pilot forgot to switch on the force field shielding.
coppercone2:
operation thunderball?

they will know for sure when they determine if all the parts are accounted for. if you are going down that line perhaps you should DNA test the pilot to make sure its really him too

I did hear a story a while back about a helicopter during the Vietnam war that was apparently downed by a thrown object (like a spear).

Sabotage and espionage are probably going to be investigated (i.e. downright terrorism or as a result from stealing hardware, i.e. instead of preventative maintenance you sent it to china and reuse the same no longer wanted part, or incorrect re installation of part after reverse engineering or damage during reverse engineering (i.e. pop a circuit board off after hours so you can do some x-rays and firmware dumps for your 'friends', then end up zapping it with ESD and dropping it on the floor too and then reattaching the cable poorly, not to mention it was plugged into the wrong voltage momentarily because you thought it was 5 rather then 3.3?).

I imagine about a billion "criminal" human/goverment/espionage factors potentially effecting this investigation.
TimFox:
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(2020%E2%80%93present) for a listing of all "surprises" on military aircraft (worldwide) in 2020 and to date in 2021.
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