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1994 crash of a B-52 Stratofortress at the Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington. All four crew members were killed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HJ4z1jGEcA
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3312#post98673
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...538#post155092
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...326#post138848
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...451#post127603
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...156#post126097
Sad aftermath, and just one example of what a HMT member described a while back:
"Yeah, nothing ever gets fixed until enough people die because of it."
From CBS "Eye on America" (4:06):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJl7b9bQH0
From KXLY 4 News, some four years back (5:39):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13pIC3YcYjQ
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_F...ase_B-52_crash
AFR 110-14 downloads:
https://fairchildhospitalshooting.com/additional-info/
this was a tragic event, and is often cited and used in safety leadership training as an example of leaders doing the wrong thing in the safety space, and allowing dangerous sitautions/ behaviours to exist after being brought to attention.
I remember the day that crash happened. Planes doesn't provide much lift on their vertical stabilizer, so you don't exceed maximum bank angle. Also, a B-52, even though it had 8 (old) jet engines, clearly doesn't have enough thrust to push itself out of a stall, like an F-18 can. That was a very sad day.
The cockpit alarms would have been screaming their tits off long before it reached the point of no return. Good that this maniac pilot is permanently grounded sad he had to take three other good men with him.