Mentalguru Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 According to our local news here, the jet went down and at this point no chutes were spotted. Lets hope they are all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 oh poo-poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 BBC 'breaking news' report - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7331740.stm Caveats about the possibility of this report being inaccurate at this early stage apply - but let's hope that the crew have all just become eligible for whatever the B-1 equivalent of a Martin Baker tie is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil @ Flory Models Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 The BBC Ten o'clock news is reporting that it caught fire after landing and that the crew were evacuated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Original BBC report barely accurate, it would seem... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/...y-in-qatar.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 BBC 'breaking news' report - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7331740.stmCaveats about the possibility of this report being inaccurate at this early stage apply - but let's hope that the crew have all just become eligible for whatever the B-1 equivalent of a Martin Baker tie is. Not inaccurate at all as a USAF spokesperson has had a press conference but due to the nature of the incident offered very little details other than a B-1B did in fact crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Was reported as a B-52 earlier in other news reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Mike - the original report suggested that the aircraft had exploded and crashed while it was in the process of regaining terra firma, so my caveat was correct when I posted - and wrong by the time you posted, since the story had been updated/corrected by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Mike - the original report suggested that the aircraft had exploded and crashed while it was in the process of regaining terra firma, so my caveat was correct when I posted - and wrong by the time you posted, since the story had been updated/corrected by then. No worries at all. Simple misunderstanding mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Glad the crew are okay, hope the plane is also still operational as there aren't that many airframes around of this giant beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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