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| Antique Iranian fighter jet crashes near Bushehr plant |
| 2010-08-18 |
| [Dawn] An Iranian fighter jet crashed Tuesday in southern Iran near the country's nuclear power plant that is to start up over the weekend, a semi-official news agency reported. The two pilots ejected safely. The Fars agency quoted local government official Gholam Reza Keshtkar as saying one of Iranian airforce's F-4 planes crashed about four miles (six kilometers) north of the city of Bushehr. The city is located 745 miles south of the capital, Tehran. Keshtkar said the pilot and co-pilot ejected safely from the plane before it crashed but were rushed to the hospital in Bushehr. He didn't provide other details. Another local official, Mohammad Hasan Shanbadi, said technical failure was the cause of the crash but did not elaborate. He said the plane crashed in the desert, close to an industrial center. The Bushehr nuclear power plant -- Iran's first such facility -- is expected to start fueling up this weekend. Iran purchased many US-made planes, including scores of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and during the rule of the late pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Debka: Huge scandal fight of some sort between Israeli generals and brass..."Galant document" If debka is correct (salt salt) they will prefer to go for each others throats instead of Iran's nuke one. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-08-18 22:06 |
| #12 Debka: Huge scandal fight of some sort between Israeli generals and brass..."Galant document" If debka is correct (salt salt) they will prefer to go for each others throats instead of Iran's nuke one. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-08-18 22:06 |
| #11 A NORTH KOREAN plane has also repor crashed in FUSHAN, CHINA. As per POTUS GEORGE HERBERT "GEE WHIZ/BROCCOLI-GATE" BUSH = BUSH 1, when MOUD + KIMMIE march in lockstep thier Air Forces give all their all??? * ION RENSE > [Gwynne Dyer] NO WAY ISRAEL CAN WIN A NON-NUCLEAR WAR WID IRAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-18 21:07 |
| #10 Damn! Mossad is good! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-18 19:17 |
| #9 In the old Sha days, the US instructors took twice as long to train the Iraninans to fly F4's because the pilot trainees, at the first sign of trouble, instinctively would first try to point the plane towards mecca. This may have been one of those inshallah flight crews. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2010-08-18 16:18 |
| #8 This smacks of Russian advisers. The Russians were always firm believers that shooting down a real aircraft was the best way to test an AA system. So what they probably did was get their junkiest F-4 that could still fly, along with some drones, and told the pilot to steer *sort of* towards Bushehr, then to punch out as soon as they got missile lock on him. This shows the Iranians that the system might work, and the crews what reality might look like. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Russians gave them a discount for the price of the used F-4. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-18 14:21 |
| #7 Well they got out, so that tells us that Inshallah Aircraft Maintenance must assign their best guys to ejection seat upkeep. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-18 13:40 |
| #6 No readily available quality parts (apart from shit brought from China tm knockoff) combined with inshallah work crews = death traps .. Im suprised they arent falling out the sky by the dozen with all their 'military ' maneuvers |
| Posted by: Black Charlie 2010-08-18 12:55 |
| #5 Shoot down? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-18 12:16 |
| #4 Debka was also reporting that 3 drones hit the reactor too. Killing about 5 workers. |
| Posted by: DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2010-08-18 11:55 |
| #3 Another fine job brought to you by Operation Lemony Snickett ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-08-18 09:26 |
| #2 Possibly faulty avionics? /innocent look |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-08-18 07:39 |
| #1 technical Target registration run. Next one should hit the Bushehr plant. |
| Posted by: Halliburton Crazy Conspiracy Division 2010-08-18 07:38 |