Search This Blog

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Australia Grounds F-111 Fleet

The Australian air force on July 18 grounded its fleet of F-111 fighters after a wheel fell off one of the aircraft and forced an emergency landing.

The two crew members managed to land the plane safely at Amberley Air Force base in the northern state of Queensland despite the left wheel coming off shortly after take-off.

But Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said it was necessary to temporarily ground the 26-plane fleet to ensure there was nothing structurally wrong with the other aircraft.

Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd said such an incident had never before occurred in the F-111’s 34-year flying history in Australia.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.