Sources said the B-2 experienced a hydraulic failure during a routine training and had its port main landing gear collapse during landing. As a result, the B-2 was sent off the runway with its wing dug into the ground
* Officials said the B-2 experienced a hydraulic failure during a routine training at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri
* As a result, the B-2 was sent off the runway with its wing dug into the ground sources said
* The incident happened around midnight and no people were injured and there was no fire once the bomber landed.
* While it hasn't been confirmed this was the cause, satellite images seem to coincide with the gear collapse/wing down aspect of the incident
* The B-2 bomber is considered one of America's Military most deadly weapons
* A flight restriction has been put in place, six miles to every direction and 8,000ft from the ground up
Satellite images show the exact moment a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, one of the most deadly weapons in the United States' military arsenal and worth $2billion, crash landed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri yesterday.
Sources said the B-2 experienced a hydraulic failure during a routine training and had its port main landing gear collapse during landing.
As a result, the B-2 was sent off the runway with its wing dug into the ground.
While it hasn't been confirmed this was the cause, satellite images seem to coincide with theory of the gear collapse/wing down aspect of the incident.
Read more ....
Update: B-2 Crashes at Whiteman; No Injuries, But Status of Operations Withheld (Air Force Magazine)
WNU Editor: You do not need to be an expert to know that in this type of accident there will be a lot of damage to the belly of this B-2.
2 comments:
I know with construction equipment they try to purify the hydraulic fluid and they have count of particulate impurities. They have to be below a threshold. Almost sounds like the EPA, but it is done to ensure reliability and customer loyalty. The quality of the hydraulic fluid is one place I would look.
Detection of Abnormal Wear Particles in Hydraulic Fluids via
Electromagnetic Sensor and Particle Imaging Technologies
https://www.spectrosci.com/resource-center/lubrication-analysis/literature/whitepapers/white-paper-abnormal-wear-particles/
From what I remember we only have around twenty or so of these things so this is a real shame.
Post a Comment