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FBC -1 crash! (Read 945 times)
Oct 14th, 2011 at 8:06am

ozzy72   Offline
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Pretty scary huh?
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No injuries, just a rather good video!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15302692
 

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Reply #1 - Oct 14th, 2011 at 10:47am

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Cool! Cool  Glad no one was hurt.
 
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Reply #2 - Oct 17th, 2011 at 3:03am

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Unfortunately, they are now reporting that the pilot was killed.
 

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Reply #3 - Oct 17th, 2011 at 7:24am

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How the heck did the pilot die?! Looked like good separation from the plane then good seat separation. Still, I wonder why it crashed.
 

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Reply #4 - Oct 17th, 2011 at 8:11am
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The plane has two seats. There was only one ejection.
 
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