Media is reporting it as a U-2, but they're also reporting two crew on board ejected. This is probably a TU-2S from the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale:
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/new ... y/41746460
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TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK (UPDATE: 1 Deceased)
TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK (UPDATE: 1 Deceased)
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Re: TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK
Glad they got out and are ok.
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Re: TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK
Man, I knew there have been amazing advancements in aviation automation... but technicians? Ouch.Investigators said the U-2 technicians made no errors during the flight.
Re: TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK
clickclickdoh wrote:Man, I knew there have been amazing advancements in aviation automation... but technicians? Ouch.Investigators said the U-2 technicians made no errors during the flight.
My assumption is they weren't able to hang the 1996 crash (also mentioned since that had multiple deaths) on the support and maintenance crews.
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Re: TU-2S Crashes Near Beale AFB; Crew OK (UPDATE: 1 Deceased)
Crap.
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