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Forest Green said:
In relation to crash late last year.
www.airandspaceforces.com

F-16 Navigation System Failure in Bad Weather Led to Crash

The failure of an F-16 fighter’s navigation system and its backup combined with poor weather led to a $28 million crash in December 2023.
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It looks like it was a close squeak for the pilot. I wonder if the South Koreans will be able to salvage and raise the wreckage of the F-16? If they can then they should be able access the fighter's blackbox.
 
snne said:
A Turkish "Solotürk" aerobatic demo F-16 almost crashed into the crowd at Teknofest

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841908039797879271
View: https://x.com/tolgaozbek_com/status/1841908039797879271


Imagine the horror, thank God it didn't crash...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_air_show_disaster
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They grounded the aircraft, apparently the Flight Control Computer malfunctioned aircraft performed a barrel roll when the pilot was pulling away from the crowd. Damn lucky he gained control, that aircraft was heading straight into the crowd otherwise..
https://twitter.com/x/status/1842203585511035172
View: https://x.com/avionot/status/1842203585511035172
 
One would have assumed 100% investigation into how things work would have been a priority. These things are almost at a level you can make Civil Wars out of.
 
I only see a pilot error. I don´t see why there is a polemic with the FCS here. On the contrary it performed fairly well, rocket rolling the aircraft back on its belly before performing a sharp climb/ high AoA pull-up away from the crowd (you can even see a stable G-loaded 90cdeg turn afterward).
The FCS is what was functioning here. The grounding might be more on the adrenaline shot or, perhaps more appropriately, the plunging Belle's décolleté where the falcon eyed pilot lost his SA. ;)
 
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That ain't no FCS failure

It was a perfect display of Turkish 'bravado' which was literally one second away from their own Sknyliv disaster. No wonder they lost 1 out of every 9 Falcon they got
 
Entirely political commentary:

Those shows are now meant for the 2028 Presidential Elections; there might be a new candidate. Giving up the company after that UCAV, to control the country, keeping things as is. If a plane crashes or looks like crashing it might decrease the crowds in the future events. The pilot is most likely a marked man now. First comment.

Second, my one. For "sabotage to happen" or some kill-switch there should have been something. As big as taking part in a recent strike. This fails to explain why the plane could recover. If there was anything like that in the first place.

No comments from some others.

Hence the final one that keeps the option of political advantage; might return to it later on. Citing a low level Phantom run that hit the top of a minaret so many years ago.
 
TomcatViP said:
I only see a pilot error. I don´t see why there is a polemic with the FCS here. On the contrary it performed fairly well, rocket rolling the aircraft back on its belly before performing a sharp climb/ high AoA pull-up away from the crowd (you can even see a stable G-loaded 90cdeg turn afterward).
The FCS is what was functioning here. The grounding might be more on the adrenaline shot or, perhaps more appropriately, the plunging Belle's décolleté where the falcon eyed pilot lost his SA. ;)
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That's my thinking as well.
Flying directly towards and over the crowd instead of parallel to it isn't the FCS fault...
 
This is not F-16 news, that should be on F-16 Ukr AF
 
Ozair said:
I'm surprised the UK hasn't commented on this unless there is an agreement that the aircraft cannot be used near the Falklands.
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I don't think the UK had much say in this. In my opinion, UK was told to be quiet as any British concerns over Falklands were outweighed by US concerns of China getting a larger foothold in Argentina and South America's weapon purchases. Compared to that, the <1% chance that some future Argentina government would actually do something with regards to Falklands was deemed irrelevant.
 
There are limits. Argentina has a right to defend its airspace, Falklands or not. Plus there are Typhoons there (from memory) so a handful of second-hand F-16s ain't much of a threat.
 

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