Vliegtuig stort neer bij Father Crowley Vista Point
Geplaatst: 01 aug 2019, 00:41
Het Father Crowley Vista Point bij Death Valley is een populaire plaats om Amerikaanse gevechtsvliegtuigen te zien oefenen. Gisteren is er een gevechtsvliegtuig neergestort, waarbij onder de kijkers naar verluidt zeven lichtgewonden zijn gevallen. Het lot van de piloot is vooralsnog onbekend.
Zie: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-fa-18 ... 019-07-31/
en https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... china-lake
en https://theaviationist.com/2019/07/31/b ... rs-canyon/
Op de laatste site staat onder andere te lezen:
"Aaron Cassell, 43, of the Panamint Springs Resort at the bottom of Star Wars Canyon told TheAviationist.com: “An F/A-18 hit the side of the canyon between Father Crowley Point parking lot and The Vista. There is a quarter mile long debris field, a big black scorch mark and a nose cone lying up there.”
Cassell, who was among the first persons to report the sighting of a “mushroom cloud” coming from the canyon, told the Aviationist.com that, “At least six people were injured on the road. Debris is scattered all over the dirt road, all over the vista. It hit pretty fast and hard; a big, fat mushroom cloud, about 9:30 or 10:00 AM.” Cassell’s father drove to the crash scene and reported seeing “Debris on the dirt road on the vista, but not on the paved highway 190.”
Martin
Zie: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-fa-18 ... 019-07-31/
en https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... china-lake
en https://theaviationist.com/2019/07/31/b ... rs-canyon/
Op de laatste site staat onder andere te lezen:
"Aaron Cassell, 43, of the Panamint Springs Resort at the bottom of Star Wars Canyon told TheAviationist.com: “An F/A-18 hit the side of the canyon between Father Crowley Point parking lot and The Vista. There is a quarter mile long debris field, a big black scorch mark and a nose cone lying up there.”
Cassell, who was among the first persons to report the sighting of a “mushroom cloud” coming from the canyon, told the Aviationist.com that, “At least six people were injured on the road. Debris is scattered all over the dirt road, all over the vista. It hit pretty fast and hard; a big, fat mushroom cloud, about 9:30 or 10:00 AM.” Cassell’s father drove to the crash scene and reported seeing “Debris on the dirt road on the vista, but not on the paved highway 190.”
Martin