The military justice system has just applied for three years after the collision of two Tiger combat aircraft of the Patrouille Suisse in the Netherlands, a preliminary investigation against a pilot. He had apparently lost visual contact and it is not reported in accordance with regulations.
At 9. June 2016 collided during a training flight, two aircraft “Northrop F-5E Tiger II” Patrouille Suisse in the vicinity of the Dutch military airport of Leeuwarden. In the Wake of one of the pilots lost control of his plane and pulled the ejection seat.
He pulled the ejection seat firing and the subsequent landing superficial cuts to the face and hands, as well as a fracture of the medial malleolus on the left ankle.
The plane crashed in the vicinity of a pond nearby greenhouse and suffered a total loss. The amount of damage is estimated to be about 800’000 Swiss francs. The second aircraft was damaged, but remained manoeuvrable and could be landed from the uninjured remaining pilots.
In its final report on the preliminary evidence, the investigating judge noted that the during the collision, the injured pilot to the accident time is likely to be the required situation awareness were either missing completely, or that this was at least in error, as from a communication from the military justice system from Thursday.
Pilot would have had to spark a “blind”
The Pilot got lost after a maneuver to reduce the speed of the second accident involved aircraft in the reintegration into the Formation from the eyes. He had, however, to report this over the radio with the word “blind”.
When a Pilot is separated from the Formation could back to this Keyless unlocking and and the in front of him flying the plane no longer see, he had a duty to report the changed status. The Phase of disorientation of the pilots had been with for five to ten seconds long, than that he should renounce would be on the “blind”message.
Even if the Pilot does not or too late, have realized the lack of visual contact, the responsibility for avoiding a collision when in question, maneuvers to be located in accordance with the applicable Regulations at him. A possible failure of the pilots as the cause of the accident could, therefore, not Readily dismiss it out of Hand.
Possible waste of military material
on the basis of these results, has requested the investigating judge to the commander of the air force to open against the presumed accident-causing pilots a preliminary investigation.
He may have committed the negligent squandering of Material, as well as the violation of service rules guilty. The commander of the air force, and Bernhard Müller, has approved the requests of the investigating judge already. For the accused pilots of the presumption of innocence still applies.
For the pilot of the air force squadrons had the accident, still further consequences. Since it was already the second incident within a few months of a squadron, were the demonstrations of the aerobatic teams has been temporarily prohibited.
In February of the same year, an aircraft of the PC-7 team during a training flight over the target terrain, the Ski had severed world Championships in St. Moritz, GR, the haul rope of a ropeway camera. The camera fell in the target area and landed in the snow without hurting anyone. The plane was damaged but managed to land safely on the airfield of Samedan.
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Created: 28.03.2019, 08:39 PM
