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Singapore to resume flying F-16 jets after crash this month
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Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month. The May 8 crash was due to the plane's pitch rate gyroscopes giving erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. The pilot ejected successfully. F-16 fighter jets are fitted with four such gyroscopes. All pitch rate gyroscopes will be checked and cleared before flights resume. The air force and F-16 manufacturer Lockheed Martin will investigate the specific cause of the malfunction. The May crash was the first one for a Singapore fighter jet since 2004. The pilot in that incident was killed during a night training mission in Arizona.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/singapore-resume-flying-f-16-053740172.html
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Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month. The May 8 crash was due to the plane's pitch rate gyroscopes giving erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. The pilot ejected successfully. F-16 fighter jets are fitted with four such gyroscopes. All pitch rate gyroscopes will be checked and cleared before flights resume. The air force and F-16 manufacturer Lockheed Martin will investigate the specific cause of the malfunction. The May crash was the first one for a Singapore fighter jet since 2004. The pilot in that incident was killed during a night training mission in Arizona.
#Singapore #F16 #Crash #FlightTraining #Gyroscopes #LockheedMartin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/singapore-resume-flying-f-16-053740172.html