As part of the ongoing investigating on the accident that has closely one third of the US F-15 Eagle fleet grounded , Boeing Phantom Works has released this simulation reconstruct the “ structural loser of a US Air National Guard F-15C , cause by fatigue break up of a advancing fuselage longeron , slack down to one - fifth the actual stop number of the event ! ” In other words : “ ZOMG ! The cockpit let on aside ! ” Fortunately , the pilot survived the extremely crimson accident , which is amazing although not as unbelievable as the Israeli pilot who managed to put down his Eagle after a crash ripped off an full wing :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aKxAN7bAs
Looking at this video it seems that the F-15s are quite redoubtable machines , even while the USAF probe is signal at Boeing ’s responsibility for a “ faulty fabrication process ” that led to the bankruptcy of the long geomorphological beam of light ( longerons ) that keep the fuselage together .
“ The accident investigation instrument panel president ( Wignall ) find , by clear and convincing evidence , the lawsuit of this stroke was a nonstarter of the upper right longeron , a critical support structure in the F-15C aircraft , ” the report says .
About 20 minutes after takeoff from an airfield near St. Louis on Nov. 2 , the forward fuselage of Maj . Stephen Stilwell ’s $ 42 million F-15C Eagle shook violently and then give aside 18,000 feet above the ground . Stilwell , his left shoulder splay and his left arm shattered , barely had time to safely eject as patch of his aircraft tumbled from the sky over the Missouri countryside .
More worrying , however , are the results of a parallel scrutiny finding as many as 163 of the workhorse aircraft also have flawed support beams , or longerons . The aircraft remain grounded as the Air Force go forward to search for how serious the problem is and whether panoptic , dearly-won repairs are needed . Another 19 of the aircraft have yet to be inspected and also remain grounded .
virtually 260 of the A through 500 model F-15s , first fielded in the mid-1970s , were returned to flight of stairs position Tuesday keep an eye on fleet - full inspections .
[ Defense TechandMilitary.com ]
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