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A F-14 plane explodes in the sky.

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  • tragic accident

    I was aboard the Uss. Mahlon S. Tisdale when this same inncident happened to us. Anyone who believes that this jet was shot down or came apart because of supersonic speeds is a fool. "WE" did not shoot the plane down, and these planes are designed to fly at that rate of speed. I helped recover the pilot and the funeral was very hard to attend due to the fact I held his lifeless, burnt and dismembered body in the water and put it into the rescue boat. He was not an American idiot, he was a patriot a father and a husband,,,,So show some respect! All F-14 planes were grounded for a day sometime after this video.

    By wolfadeaux 1152447290 Reply Spam [+4] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Yea right....

      If you were the sailor dude who saved the pilot, you wouldnt be here posting comments to brag your "heroic" adventure.

      By mildelta 1177804905 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • My condolences to you, wolfadeaux

      .

      By Jets rok! 1169711940 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • What happened?

      Why did the jet explode? What happened if it wasn't the high speeds? I can't see how engine failure could rip it apart like that...

      I was unaware that people died on this. As soon as I saw a parachute I thought that the ejector was probably automatically engaged before anyone could be harmed. You say that you had to recover the pilot. Was there another pilot and were they ok? (I see 2 parachutes).

      If your message is not a hoax, then I am indeed sorry that you were involved in such an ordeal.

      By robertii 1153498793 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Wow

      you really have no knowledge of aviation do you. When an engine lets go, it's catostraphic. All it takes is one turbine blade to anihilate an aircraft. Think of fast it's spinning.

      By Conan33 1230224262 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Good spotting

      You were right, robertii, the Grumman F-14A Tomcat is a carrier based air-to-air interceptor, and indeed has a crew of TWO, which is why you saw a second parachute. Good pickup.

      By Jets rok! 1169712074 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Excluding BS here is what happened- Work...

    "A September 21, 1995 video of a F-14 fly-by that goes wrong. The aircraft nearly breaks the sound barrier (you can see the mist forming), then explodes because of what was apparently an engine compression failure. The two pilots, from VF-213 (Black Lions) ejected successfully. The carrier battlegroup, with the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), was 1,400 kilomters west of Guam at the time."

    Since after the fireball you can see enough of the complete airframe spinning after it, I do believe that it is possible that the above statement is true. Though it would really S**k to eject at that speed. Happened to another pilot on an intruder and he nearly suffocated because when he was half ejected out of the plane it was like drinking from a fire hose.
    Please ignore the previous childish statements.
    There are pilots and then there are Naval aviators.
    I'd trust a naval aviator.

    By researcher 1154488095 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Was super sonic...

    Its clear to see that the jet was traveling at super sonic speeds. We see the wave buld-up behaving like a lense about 13 seconds into the clip, one could call it a giant magnifying glass. This lense effect is potentially dangerous if traveling away from the sun. Sonic waves have the power to rip a plane to shreds, but they can also fry the plane, just like a magnifying glass can fry an ant. It looks like this jet gave away to stress casued by the wave.

    By robertii 1149596157 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Amazing

    Any life long injury's for the pilot's

    By mycypress5 1136695847 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Catostrophic Engine Failure

    I think this one is a different view of the F-14 that was being filmed by the discovery (?) channel. They interviewed the pilots right after and it was a mechanical failure. BTW add the AV-8 Harrier to the USMC list of fighter jets they fly. I've done 20 years USN in Air Traffic and another 6 as a civilian as well as holding my own private pilots cert., aircraft mishaps are part of aviation but never to be taken lightly.

    By Tinpusher 1134840034 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I'm surrounded by idiots.

    Retired USMC Aviator. We fly F/A 18, F-16, F-15, A10 Warthog, and many more,,, what else do you wanna' know.

    By 1130909801 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ooops

    Now thats how we induce what we like to call a spin at 756 miles per hour.
    Sailors at the end are saying two parachutes, two parachutes.
    Watch this again and you can clearly see when he banks, he loses control, flips a few times and ruptures a fuel tank as the cat breaks up. Nasty nasty nasty.
    The Army now has Tomkitties? Kewl...

    By 1126986800 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • very fast

      that tomcat was flying way over 756mph... if look at the vid u can see two sonic shock waves, that is it was travelling at approx 660mps, it flipped and disintegrated

      By landie 1134340395 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • F-14's are flown by the US Navy

    It appears to be catostrophic failure of an internal engine component which caused the explosion. The Army does not fly tactical jets. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force do.

    By 1126921971 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Marine Corps does not fly jets.

      Marine Corps does not have F-14.

      By Elisha Cuthbert 1128831826 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Marine Corps doesn't fly jets?

      FYI - The United States Marine Corps does fly jets. They currently fly the F/A 18 Hornet and the EA6B Intruder. The list of aircraft the Marine Corps flies is pretty extensive if you are interested in doing any research. You might try www.usmc.mil

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  • F14 in the Army?

    Bob flew an F14 in the Army? The Army has lots of Carriers does it?

    By 1126919730 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • More info?

    What were the sailors saying?

    By 1126919627 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Please, some more data.

    Which army was it?
    Did the pilot/s survived?

    By rambo 3 1126904449 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • F14a Explosion

    I think that may have been caused from breaking the sound barrier you can see hints of that while flying past the ship?

    By The hopsicals 1126898829 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • I believe

      the plane was flying subsonic. The atmospheric conditions makes the "halo" appear because of pressure change around the plane. I've seen it on airshow with subsonic fly-by.

      By Fenris 1149152121 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Go to Hell

    Right into the Hell

    By Christian_uncle 1163982663 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • more

    more american stupido plz lol

    By martin1984 1140215660 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • More

    More of this stupid army please LOL

    By martin1984 1140215490 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • this video

    is a well known internet fake

    By usatracy 1138248225 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • .

    Well, that was my tax money well spent.

    By mau'dib 1137051424 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Satyr, you must be an intelectual moron

    They deserved that
    dumbshit mistake caused by idiotic american pilots showing off, so glad i never flew with morons like that!!!!
    by ‎Satyr , 4th October

    Wow! I don't know where you're from, but that was just about the most childish comment I can immagine. I doubt that you have ever flown a military aircraft. If you had, you would know that any gas turbine engine designed is subject to foreign object damage (FOD) which can lead to catostrophic failure of internal components. I'm glad you will never be flying anything that comes close to what the now retired F-14 Tomcat is capable of.

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  • f14aExplosion

    "WOW"lots of money up in smoke

    By CRIPP 1126887831 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
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