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German fighter and Learjet collide - two feared dead
A civilian Learjet plane carrying two people has crashed in western Germany after a mid-air collision with a German air force Eurofighter jet. (www.bbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That's some radical conclusion you've made crediting "computers" and FBW for saving the fighter jet. Fighter jets are by design made to sustain and survive battle damage irrespective of the type of flight control system in use. And an F-15 made it home with one wing missing? Are you sure that the wing was missing? That would be a new twist on the sage "Coming in on a wing and a prayer." FBW is merely electronic flight control signaling to a hydraulic flight control actuator via wires with the pilot's flight control commands filtered through a complex computer program that compensates for any inherent designed dynamic instability. a common feature of FBW machines. Redundancy in wire paths is the only advantage.
Bad news... Hate to see this kind of accident happen... Prayers out to those hurt and or killed in this accident...
The civilian Learjet (from http://www.gfd-hohn.de/) was training or cooperating with the fighter jet per http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article129384887/Absturz-bei-Uebung-mit-Eurofighter-im-Sauerland.html
The civilian LearJet was owned by a air target simulation service, it was apparently acting as a intercept target during the exercise.
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Thanks for sharing. I was thinking the same thing Torsten about the Eurofighter. Would love to see some pictures of it.
That's somewhat reminiscent of the Israeli F-15 Eagle that made it home with one wing missing. Amazing what computers can compensate for.