Two F/A 18's Collide In Mid-air Near Portland

[JetSpeed219]

Just saw a clip on the local news that two F/A 18's collided in mid-air just outside of Portland while doing training exercises. Does anyone know more about it that's all I heard?????.........

 

[NEDude]

Which Portland, PDX or PWM?

 

[SPBRIAN]

PDX, around Arlington Oregon, which is east. Reporting 2 dead, 1 survivor. The accident appears to sound like it's around the columbia river. Sad day.

-Brian

 

[hydroflyer]

Here's a link to the story: http://www.komotv.com/stories/32287.htm

 

[FracCapt]

Sad day, indeed. By the report, it sounds as if at least one of them was a trainer model or one of the models with a RIO....and both ejected from that, but only one survived. Hopefully we'll hear some facts in the next day or two.

 

[AA717driver]

Boy, good thing the State of Oregon got the environmental impact study done before the bodies were cold...

F***ing tree-huggers.TC

 

[Sig]

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Godspeed.

 

[ATL2CDG]

Boy, good thing the State of Oregon got the environmental impact study done before the bodies were cold...

F***ing tree-huggers.TC

Lethal jet fuel and toxic chemicals possibly contaminate a source of drinking water and agricultural irrigation and you complain about the government taking steps to ensure public safety? How outrageous!

In all reality, it wasn't an « environmental impact study » ; the article speaks simply of general comments made by the emergency response manager for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The gentleman just commented on the impact of such an incident ; it's not like two bicycles tapped each other in the local park. We're talking about several tons of sensitive and dangerous components with which the public should avoid contact and report if found. It's not like there was a team of scientists running around the crashsite kicking the dead bodies.

Grow up.

 

[Southbound]

Maybe ATL2CVG hasn't spent much time exposed to the oppressive and pink ways of the State of Oregon. Only in Oregon would a story about the tragic deaths of 2 servicemen/women have a comment by the ODEQ. Sad place....

 

[troy]

A sad day for the Marines, my prayers are with them.


"Normally the fuel in those things tends to burn up in the crash or evaporate on the ground very quickly," Donaldson said."

I didn't know that JP (4 or 5?) evaporated quickly. It's just jet fuel.

 

[TonyC]

Another FedEx pilot...