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Posted: 3/3/2006 2:31:50 PM EDT

Apparently on the Umatillia bombing range. Crew ejected safely. FoxNews.

Posted: 3/3/2006 2:33:11 PM EDT

[#1]

it's good they got out. wonder wtf went wrong on this one.

Posted: 3/3/2006 2:36:24 PM EDT

[#2]

Unknown. I used to work right across the road from the range when I lived in Hermiston. I always got a kick out of watching the bombing practice. Glad these guys got out ok.

Posted: 3/3/2006 2:39:59 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
it's good they got out. wonder wtf went wrong on this one.

They aren't exactly new airframes.

Posted: 3/3/2006 2:43:22 PM EDT

[#4]

Planes go up , planes come down. The second part does not always go as planned.

rj

Posted: 3/3/2006 3:53:02 PM EDT

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Planes go up , planes come down. The second part does not always go as planned.

rj

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

Posted: 3/3/2006 3:53:45 PM EDT

[#6]

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Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

Any landing you can use the plane again is a great one.

Posted: 3/3/2006 4:41:36 PM EDT

[#7]

Thing went down a mile from my house. About 30 miles away from the range. Two went over, fling low over the hills and then you hear a boom. Sounded like a sonic boom.... then you saw a cloud of dirt in the air over the hills. Touchet and Pendleton fire departments responded. They were trying to get the medic chopper from the Tri-cites to help find it. But no only if there is confirmed injuries. WTF??? The crew ejected and sounds like all are going to be fine.

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:03:25 PM EDT

[#8]

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Thing went down a mile from my house. About 30 miles away from the range. Two went over, fling low over the hills and then you hear a boom. Sounded like a sonic boom.... then you saw a cloud of dirt in the air over the hills. Touchet and Pendleton fire departments responded. They were trying to get the medic chopper from the Tri-cites to help find it. But no only if there is confirmed injuries. WTF??? The crew ejected and sounds like all are going to be fine.

You must live around Wallula, no?

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:06:19 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Thing went down a mile from my house. About 30 miles away from the range. Two went over, fling low over the hills and then you hear a boom. Sounded like a sonic boom.... then you saw a cloud of dirt in the air over the hills. Touchet and Pendleton fire departments responded. They were trying to get the medic chopper from the Tri-cites to help find it. But no only if there is confirmed injuries. WTF??? The crew ejected and sounds like all are going to be fine.

How far from Hermiston? I was there this afternoon and didn't see or hear anything. I hope everyone is all right.

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:17:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Thing went down a mile from my house. About 30 miles away from the range. Two went over, fling low over the hills and then you hear a boom. Sounded like a sonic boom.... then you saw a cloud of dirt in the air over the hills. Touchet and Pendleton fire departments responded. They were trying to get the medic chopper from the Tri-cites to help find it. But no only if there is confirmed injuries. WTF??? The crew ejected and sounds like all are going to be fine.

How far from Hermiston? I was there this afternoon and didn't see or hear anything. I hope everyone is all right.

You ain't been out shootin your 50 cal at jets again, have ya Sis?

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:28:27 PM EDT

[#11]

Somebody ran out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas. The rest is just details, but interesting ones.

As the A-6 airframe is very reliable, my suspicion is that it'll be human error. Whose error, I don't know.

Tagged for future reading in any event.

CJ

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:31:48 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Thing went down a mile from my house. About 30 miles away from the range. Two went over, fling low over the hills and then you hear a boom. Sounded like a sonic boom.... then you saw a cloud of dirt in the air over the hills. Touchet and Pendleton fire departments responded. They were trying to get the medic chopper from the Tri-cites to help find it. But no only if there is confirmed injuries. WTF??? The crew ejected and sounds like all are going to be fine.

How far from Hermiston? I was there this afternoon and didn't see or hear anything. I hope everyone is all right.

You ain't been out shootin your 50 cal at jets again, have ya Sis?

ah.....no....but I'd like to shoot a 50 cal.

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:44:13 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Somebody ran out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas. The rest is just details, but interesting ones.

As the A-6 airframe is very reliable, my suspicion is that it'll be human error. Whose error, I don't know.

Tagged for future reading in any event.

CJ

I doubt that it will be pilot error. Most of the time when the pilot screws up down low the crew doesn't make it out alive. My guess is a bird strike to an engine that caused a catastrophic failure of the engine which caused them to lose the other engine.

Posted: 3/3/2006 5:50:39 PM EDT

[#14]

Looks like gravity won this time.

Posted: 3/3/2006 6:37:13 PM EDT

[#15]

Sorry, eating dinner, The crash was between the little towns of Helix and Touchet. Just over the hill by Butler Grade rd. They flew the air crew out of Pendleton tonight, 1 woman and 3 men. One of the had a broken leg. From some friends at the crash sight, the plane bounced off one hill before hitting the side of another. Not much left of the plane. They said most of the plane is the size of your fist spread over 500 yards.

EDIT:
The military has sent in their crash team and said they have a month to find the cause of the crash.

Posted: 3/3/2006 6:41:11 PM EDT

[#16]

The crash was about 45-60 minutes from Hermiston, and about 30 minutes from Walulla.

BTW: Dont have a 50 cal rifle. But sometimes.... When the pass 100 ft over your head to screw with you while you're driving tractor. It sounds like an AC/DC concert front row.... Still wouldn't wish that on anybody.

Posted: 3/3/2006 6:47:28 PM EDT

[#17]

They have a flight path that brings them through the Hood RIver Valley about 5 times a week in the summer. Always a treat when up in the hills to have them rip over head!

Godspeed flyer.

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