A Belgian Air Force F-16 has been destroyed and another aircraft damaged when the M61A1 Vulcan 20mm cannon on board a third F-16 was accidentally fired on the ground by maintenance personnel at Florennes Air Base in the Walloon area of Southern Belgium on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.
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Impressive. I wonder how long the Wow factor lasted before the Oh'Shit factor kicked in? They can't make them pay for it though, right?
ReplyDeleteI kind of thought those things had safeties so stuff like that doesn't happen? I guess nothing is safe from an inquisitive 20-year-old.
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There’s about three plus steps that should prevent this from happening, including inserting a pin, a safety and unloading the weapon.
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