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F-16 damaged in collision with runaway munitions loader
Citat:An F-16C Fighting Falcon, tail number 89-002023, was badly damaged in a non-flying mishap on Nov. 17, 2023 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The aircraft, assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, was parked and unmanned at the time of the incident. The accident, which resulted in an estimated $30,241,892.00 in damages to government property and $4,954.00 in environmental cleanup costs, was triggered by a series of events involving a runaway MJ-1 weapons loader, also known as a “jammer.”
The incident began when a team of weapons loaders was tasked with reconfiguring the munitions load on a nearby F-15E Strike Eagle. The team consisted of a crew chief (MXLCl), a weapons loader (MXLC2), and a driver (MXLC3) operating the MJ-1. After removing several munitions from the F-15E, MXLC2 was directed by MXLCl to reposition the jammer. However, shortly after beginning to reverse the MJ-1, MXLC2 reported being unable to stop the vehicle. Despite attempting to apply the brakes and engage the parking brake, the runaway jammer continued moving backwards, striking the F-15E’s Sniper pod and pinning MXLC2 against the aircraft’s bomb rack unit.
The impact with the F-15E’s landing gear altered the jammer’s trajectory, throwing MXLC2 from the vehicle. Now unmanned, the MJ-1 continued its reverse course, striking a toolbox before ultimately colliding with the parked F-16C. The impact ruptured the F-16’s right external fuel tank, causing a fuel leak that quickly ignited upon contact with a spark from the still-running MJ-1. The resulting fire engulfed both the jammer and the F-16, completely destroying the former and causing extensive damage to the latter.
 https://alert5.com/2024/10/20/f-16-damaged-in-coll.....ns-loader/
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