Here's a good way to destroy $1.4 billion in a matter of seconds. This footage was just released today and is from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, it happened Feb 23, 2008.
Ardamus - 3 months ago
just improvise, don't crash!!! fail pilot:-)
Oggie1232 - 11 months ago
the force.
Gambit777 - a year ago
Tony Stark cause this. It all makes sense now.
Dliteful - a year ago
I wonder if he got out and said "my bad" and then went home.
uglygoul - a year ago
Both crew members ejected before the crash. http://en.wikipedia.org
yourevilhalf - a year ago
trying to fly one of these is like trying to fly a diamond-shaped kite with no tail. that plane was GONE as soon as the wing clipped the ground
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JerryHodgson - a year ago
ok.. to all the douchebags tonguelashing the US AIRFORCE (was the US ARMy AIRCORPS til 1947 when they were established as the AIR FORCE, you guys really know how to show your stupidity for those who dont bother to read publications like say... popular mechanics and popular science, this was r error, when the plane was being prepped, one of the sensors was damp due toe the tropical environment of Guam, the service technician, instead of attempting to examine said sensor, reset the planes controls to accept
@JerryHodgsonSo one douchebag screwed up and the douchebag pilot couldn't figure out something was horribly wrong? Yeh, I thought so.
luigio94 - a year ago
@JerryHodgsonDliteful, he did figure out something was wrong. Ergo, he ejected. By "reset the planes controls", Jerry meant "the technician reset everything so that all the sensors looked correct, even though they weren't. So the pilot saw incorrect information, which is why the crash occurred.
ColinSteadman - a year ago
Presumably the cameraman was his brother.
RaymondCoutray - a year ago
hope they only had 2 onboard that day, no way the 3rd man could have made it out
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cdogg88897 - a year ago
i wonder if he died
PepijnClaessens - a year ago
@cdogg88897he didn't u can see his shooting chair coming out..
Wyglop - a year ago
@cdogg88897Um... "ejection seat."
looks like he pulled up too soon and stalled it
you_estooped - 3 years ago
well i would`ve pulled it off and i`ve never flown a plane before.
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Barndoor08 - 3 years ago
..: Money spent on planes, 2.8 billion dollars..... Money spent on camera man........ $2.47
patww99 - 3 years ago
@Barndoor08lame: coment
LBt1st - 2 years ago
@Barndoor08No kidding. Whoever was controlling the camera didn't know what he was doing.
DarrenFoti - 2 years ago
@Barndoor08the camera is computer controlled genius... at an airfield where lots of planes take off and land every day its good to have a record for the one time when you think you could of done better....
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mangemang - 3 years ago
Ha ha..: Well it does seem that at least two out of the US personnel are having a real hard time.. One piloting the plane, the other filming the take-off’s of said plane..
Konstiin - 11 months ago
@mangemang because in guam, they should be on active patrol and sentry. dumbass
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AndyUSAsux - 3 years ago
IS there ANYTHING the US army can do correctly?: Sucks to me u......n00b
1swunglow - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxDumb Ass: Yeah, the army has a lot of airplanes you doucebag. Are you pissed we took over your country? If we havent, wait awhile,we will, and make it all better.
NYTimD - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxThe US military: can't do anything right. I guess that's what happens when your forces are made up of the worst and the dumbest. 95% of your military would be in jail if they weren't "fighting" this imaginary war for Hitle....I mean Bush. The US is only slightly better than a third world country....and even that is debatable.
anandatrulley - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxha haaaa: nice donkey punch :D
phanatose - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxNytimd: You are very stupid. I did my damn job right. And so did my unit. You had better watch it or you will be next. We killed alot of people in iraq. And we are DAMN GOOD AT OUR JOB!!!! NOONE FUCKS WITH THE USA AND LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duplenty - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxExcept: Vietcong...
lowzone1 - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxDOHHHHHHHH!: oh yeah DOOOOOOOH!!!!!!
jow123456789 - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxphanatose: glad to see the philosophy of discipline and fighting "for peace" is still instilled in Military men in the US. I'm sure you can handle a gun in the desert and i'm sure you were really good at killing a bunch of iraqi extremists in a war which has cost your country its economy, and has led it into recession. well done.
garagedoor199 - 3 years ago
@AndyUSAsuxThat's not the Army It's the Air Force.
@AndyUSAsuxairforce, not army
Leetsauce16 - a year ago
@AndyUSAsuxhahahahhaha third world country? are you high? just giving you're country a bad name right now. you are also giving the US props, it is clear you are jealous that the US has the most powerful military force on the planet right now. there will always be a war. don't be so ignorant, i'm from the UK and you are a fool mate.
Hooch1975 - 3 years ago
Problems: Ignore that web address. Break is not showing my complete post.
Ignore my previous post: Looks like you can only type a very short post. If anyone wants to read the whole story, the details can be found at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks the 2nd story on the page.
The real story??: Forgotten Lesson Caused B-2 Crash, 6 Jun 2008 David A. Fulghum/Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Crews and maintainers never formally recorded information on a vulnerability involving the B-2's air pressure sensors and the simple workaround crews came up with to mitigate it, a crucial omission that set the stage for a Feb. 23 B-2 crash in Guam. Aircrews and maintenance teams learned about the sensors' susceptibility to moisture during a Guam deployment in 2006. They also discovered
Sweed - 3 years ago
I especially liked: the first 2.5 minutes of the video. So rewarding.
DirtyPeteVT - 3 years ago
should have bought: a toyota
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Tonedog1980 - 3 years ago
..: So, what happened? DId the guy try to pull up too fast?
Snapleaple - 3 years ago
@Tonedog1980Yeah. He stalled it at takeoff I think.: The sad thing is, that even after the left wingtip hit the ground, it didn't even hit that hard. It skimmed on the ground for a bit. No catostrophic damage. If he had pulled the stick to the right he might have been able to save the plane. Very small MIGHT, may I add.
GTcruiserman - 3 years ago
@Tonedog1980No....: there was s ensor in the wing that was contaminated by water and gave the flight computers bad info and caused the plane to pitch up too fast and get too slow. Pilots don't fly these things, they are too inherently unstable and must be flown by computers.
@Tonedog1980The planes wasn't flown by computers it was stabilized by computers. When the sensor went bad it was receiving incorrect flight data that's what caused the crash.
Shoot_to_kill - a year ago
@Tonedog1980gtcruise is rite, snapleaple kill urself u know nothing ok. mite i add how hi tech the planes are today. they know wht to do in a mill sec. faster then ur brain thinks in a day.
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GoreBastard - 3 years ago
Crap!: This would have been good if the guy operating the camera knew what he was doing.
@GoreBastardI think: that by law or new something or other they have to record all takeoffs and landings, so it might be an automated camera or something.
FABULOSO - 3 years ago
JAJAJAJA: Thats funny!!!!!
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bogtrotter52 - 3 years ago
Hey, NYTimD: I'd challange you to a gunfight, but with a dumbass like you it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Oh, and keep in mind, moron, no matter how high the U.S. unemployment rate is right now. It is STILL lower than the rate nearly every other country on the planet.
Anushna - 3 years ago
@bogtrotter52wat a waste! wat a disaster!: pheeeew!
leftybigguns - 3 years ago
@bogtrotter52Why do you need to hide behind a gun...: If you really have that big a problem with somebody, just beat their ass. Any coward can be tough with a firearm in their hands.
@bogtrotter52Oh bogtrotter, you and your: pointless, idle, American violence. Unemployment is only one of many problems in your country. Try poor education, unaffordable healthcare, high crimerate and incidents of racial unrest....you're better than many countries, no doubt, but not amongst the best in any categories of value.
s3173oc - 3 years ago
@bogtrotter52I'v been to Canada: It was not much different from America. Why would you waste your time putting down our country? Take a look at your culture and see how much of it comes from ours.
weezerzeke - 3 years ago
@bogtrotter52NYTimD:: Don't listen to our media too much...They'll make this country sound like it is going to crap because it works for them and their interests.
@bogtrotter52Actually where it counts: the U-S is very different from Canada. Canada's education system is similar to the British education system which far surpasses America. Healthcare is affordable for all Canadians, violent crime is no where near as big an issue in Canada as in the U-S. They may be similar as far as fast food joints and t-v, but that's where it ends.
@bogtrotter52NyTimd...: 1. I have gone to canada, oh you guys don't have "Racial unrest" cause it is all white. I didn't see a mexican or a black person there at all! There is no diversity in Canada. 2. The public education sucks depending on where you go in America. 3.Crimerate isn't as high as the news paints it to be. 4.we have like a, what, 94.5% employment rate? 5.Healthcare does suck though.
@bogtrotter52Sorry Snapleaple....: ....but you got a couple of things wrong. First point....over 27% of Canadians are of a visible minority. Just over 20% of Americans can say the same thing. Your third point....and I've worked in law enforcement in both countries....crimerate in the U-S is actually higher than reported by the news, since many crimes in America go unreported. Those are facts....
@bogtrotter52canadians are gay: representing ME and VT, proud to be on the frontlines in the fight
Sp00nz - 3 years ago
@bogtrotter52Is that what CNN told you?: I bet it also said that Americans have the highest standard of living on the planet :P
@bogtrotter52Yeah, the US education: system is brilliant. You're obviously products of it spOOnz and DirtyPete since you make such idiotic statements. And yes, there are gay Canadians, but unlike the U-S, in Canada they aren't regarded as second class citizens. Good thing you're on the frontlines....in the military? Now I know you're dumb.
orator0607 - 3 years ago
How about that?: The ejection seat worked perfectly!
