Tuesday, December 23, 2024

Noting the Details

Why two engines matter.
A Navy EA-18G “Growler” made an emergency landing at Nellis Air Force Base in California after its left engine caught on fire on Nov. 17, Navy officials say.

The plane landed safely and nobody was injured. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for Naval Air Forces.

The aircraft was conducting “routine operational testing” and was one of three assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California, Brown said.

The incident was upgraded to a Class A mishap after a maintenance team determined that the cost of the fire exceeded $1 million, said April Phillips, a spokeswoman for the Naval Safety Center.
If this was a single engine F-35C, would we have lost the aircraft? Probably. Credit the pilot for saving the aircraft, something a computer may not be able to do in the future.

By the way, November 17th? What is today's date?
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