J-15 carrier fighter thread
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Could be. Low speed and high engine power, if one gave out, the sudden and great imbalance in thrust on each side is definitely gonna stall out the aircraft and the pilot wouldn't have any energy nor altitude to have a chance to correct out of it.
我希望飞行员没事。
He's fine. Walked off with the help of nearby folks.
This post has the video of the pilot walking off with the help of locals
Unless I'm mistaken, the vast majority of AL-31F engines have been in service with older PLAAF aircraft like J-10A, J-10B, J-10S, J-11A, and Su-30. If engines were the problem, then those aircraft would have high incidence of crashes too.
Also, all 3 previous J-15 accidents occurred in a span of 15 months. Now this 4th one occurs some 8 years after the last one. It seems unlikely that the cause of the 4th accident is related to the cause of the first three.
Also, all 3 previous J-15 accidents occurred in a span of 15 months. Now this 4th one occurs some 8 years after the last one. It seems unlikely that the cause of the 4th accident is related to the cause of the first three.
Uh... The AL-31Fs are quite literally notoriously responsible for a lot of the J-10 crashes. Be it bird strikes, shaft snapping, whatever.
It's less obvious on twin engine fighters due to their inherent redundancy.
How many accidents have there been with AL-31F equipped J-10 over the past 10 years? I can't imagine that the accident rate with those aircraft is comparable with the J-15 --- 4 out of 70+ air frames.
And like I said before: the first 3 accidents occurred within a 15 months span, and then this 4th one is 8 years after the last one. That would be very strange for an engine reliability issue.
J-10s have been around longer though. So limiting it to 10 years would be misleading. 14 mishaps since 2007 and the majority are allegedly engine-related.
This one definitely is an engine failure, however I do know that at least one of the other ones is flight controls-related.
Approximated location of the crash site geolocated from photo and video footages. Posted by @JosephWen__ on Twitter.
Coordinate: 19.70429, 109.69944 with a 20-meter radius.
Damn, that's still pretty close to residential buildings. Thankfully no civilian was hurt.
Coordinate: 19.70429, 109.69944 with a 20-meter radius.
Damn, that's still pretty close to residential buildings. Thankfully no civilian was hurt.