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superdog

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The number of accidents involving Y8 airframes are not many, my search only reveal 3 confirmed crashes. You can search for air crashes for other transport of similar size like C-130, and compare the data.

2006 KJ200 prototype crashed
2017 Myanmar airforce Y8F-200W, a civilian variant, crashed.
2018 PLAAF GX-4 variant crashed

Also the crash of the prototype KJ200 had only 40 personnel onboard, not 80 as you claimed. The cause of the clash was due to icing problem on the wing, and that problem has been solved since then.

Lastly, the latest alleged crash by the Vietnamese blogger has been denied by China.
These are allegedly tombstones for the 2 pilots in the crash. The information checks out, it both says they're naval aviators from unit 92697 and lost their life during mission on March 1st 2022. May them RIP.

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by78

General
Some images from a recent exercise.

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ecaedus

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He's defnitely a troll.
huh? how is postings news updates on the servicemen KIA in the Y-8 crash trolling? no matter who's tweeting doesn't make it less true

on that subject, seems like most of the servicemen were navy with two exceptions being AF pilots, why would Y-8 carry AF pilots? typical crew would consist of half a dozen people. makes you think where the two other AF pilots came from, maybe a separate duo seater?


also, seems like the deep sea salvage ship is still hanging around the crash site, still fishing for something after 20+ days

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iantsai

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huh? how is postings news updates on the servicemen KIA in the Y-8 crash trolling? no matter who's tweeting doesn't make it less true

on that subject, seems like most of the servicemen were navy with two exceptions being AF pilots, why would Y-8 carry AF pilots? typical crew would consist of half a dozen people. makes you think where the two other AF pilots came from, maybe a separate duo seater?


also, seems like the deep sea salvage ship is still hanging around the crash site, still fishing for something after 20+ days

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I think he's a troll, not because of his retweeting of the news, but in his obvious gloating attitude about it.

This isn't the first time he's expressed a similar attitude, either. He was a nutcase long before this tweet.
 
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