A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane crashed shortly after takeoff during a training mission on Tuesday morning in California, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other, the Air Force said.
Both the pilots had ejected from the aircraft, which crashed in an unpopulated area of Sutter County. The Air Force declined further comment, saying the crash was under investigation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crash-spyplane-idUSKCN11Q2SX
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By: ClanWarrior - 22nd September 2016 at 18:45
That is truly awful and shocking news to hear.
By: Newforest - 22nd September 2016 at 07:26
Two in a U-2 would certainly indicate a training flight.
Photo of wreckage below.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/spy-plane-crashes-california-42234897
By: Dragonflyer - 22nd September 2016 at 05:25
RIP. I saw the video of the two parachutes descending, seemed both would survive.
You never know. On occasion, pilots have ejected from the Duece and hit a piece of the structure with their heads suffering significant head injuries. It’s so slow that that the debris hovers around the airframe as it comes apart in a flat spin, and the seat has to blow through hard stuff on the way out. If you find a picture of this incident you’ll see all the pieces laying on the ground in a very small radius, some trashed, some looking barely damaged. Clearly it came almost straight down but in a flat attitude. Almost no ground scarring so likely very little rotation.
By: Multirole - 21st September 2016 at 22:11
RIP. I saw the video of the two parachutes descending, seemed both would survive.
By: Dragonflyer - 21st September 2016 at 21:53
Yes. Went down about 15 miles NW of the base.
By: haavarla - 21st September 2016 at 16:20
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RIP.
So it was a training mission?
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September 21, 2016 at 12:45 pm