I only hope that he had lost consciousness and did not have to suffer the last terrifying moments of that dive.Originally posted by sg1960:12/7/2004 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) --
Air Force officials announced investigation findings of a May 19 F-16 Fighting Falcon crash on the Tohono OÂ’odham Nation in Arizona. The pilot, Singaporean air force 2nd Lt. Kwang Han Loo, was killed in the crash. He was assigned to the 425th Fighter Squadron, a foreign military training squadron, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
The investigation determined the crash was caused by either a G-induced loss of consciousness, spatial disorientation or a combination thereof, officials said.
During an intercept portion of the mission, the pilot began a maneuver from about 14,000 feet that resulted in the aircraft hitting the ground in a nearly vertical dive. The pilot did not attempt to eject, and the aircraft was destroyed.
(Courtesy Air Education and Training Command News Service)
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If it is true that he suffered G-induced loss of consciousness then it is unlikely he even realised he was about to crash.Originally posted by HENG@:I only hope that he had lost consciousness and did not have to suffer the last terrifying moments of that dive.
ok....Originally posted by aerozapper:If it is true that he suffered G-induced loss of consciousness then it is unlikely he even realised he was about to crash.
If it was spatial disorientation (loss of sense of direction while flying in the dark), then he wouldn't have realised he even diving until just before he hit the ground.
I was at RSAF Air Logistics Dept (ALD) roughly around the time the crash occured, there was some debate going on between staff there about whether it was indeed a case of G-LOC as RSAF had only recently introduced new G suits (I can't remember the name of the suits).
Anyway, whatever the case, its indeed a damn sad thing that a soldier died in peace time.