07-23-2010, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
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Confirmed: CF-18 Crashes in Lethbridge
No word on pilot's condition, but he is believed to have ejected.
Source: My in-laws work on the Lethbridge Airport property and heard 'thumping' kind of sound which was soon followed by a massive fireball.
The highway on the E side of the airport is jammed w/ traffic now.
LINK: CTV Calgary
Last edited by firebug; 07-23-2010 at 12:49 PM.
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07-23-2010, 12:34 PM
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Had an idea!
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Did I miss the airshow again?
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07-23-2010, 12:35 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
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Airshow is tomorrow and Sunday.
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07-23-2010, 12:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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I heard him making a HUGE racket over my house yesterday morning, I'm maybe a mile and a half from the airport. Been silent this morning. This is the first I'm hearing of this.
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07-23-2010, 12:36 PM
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Had an idea!
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He would have been doing practice runs I guess.
Crazy.
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07-23-2010, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Pretty much sound proof where I've been. Now upstairs. Sirens everywhere, still... Can see smoke out the window. There was apparently a large fireball. Word is he ejected and was unconscious, but now okay. Trucks from all over town responded. RCMP and LRPS trying to contain people that are trying to get a glimpse. I'll update if I hear anything else.
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07-23-2010, 12:41 PM
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Pants Tent
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A few have tweeted about it.
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07-23-2010, 12:44 PM
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Scoring Winger
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true!!!
my friend works at the college just down from the airport, saw it happen, they were doing runs for the show tomorrow and buzzing overhead for the last hour, he said he saw the cockpit blow and a pilot with a parachette come out but it was really low and he didnt think he would have made it...!!
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07-23-2010, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Damn that sucks, glad to hear the pilot appears to be ok.
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07-23-2010, 12:48 PM
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Scoring Winger
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update: i guess the pilot is stable and made it, may have two broken legs... pretty lucky..
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07-23-2010, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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07-23-2010, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Well this is Lethbridge's little bit of excitement for the year... it's still chaos out here. Highway 5 is closed in both directions, emergency vehicles are everywhere. I honestly didn't think we had this many.
When he was practicing yesterday morning he was MUCH lower over the residential areas than they have ever been. People apparently phoned into the airport/police to complain.
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07-23-2010, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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I wonder if this is the same CF-18 I saw depart YYC yesterday around noon? It would make sense.
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07-23-2010, 12:55 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
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I was in bed this morning on the westside when I heard a really loud low flying plane and my first thought was "Man, it sounds like a plane is going down". Crazy. Hopefully all involved are ok and this doesn't ruin the rest of the air show.
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07-23-2010, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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I'm thankful this didn't happen tomorrow when there will be like 10,000 people down there. The guy on CBC seems to think the show started today.
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07-23-2010, 01:15 PM
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zztim81
update: i guess the pilot is stable and made it, may have two broken legs... pretty lucky..
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Some day they'll invent an ejection seat that doesn't nearly kill you when you eject from a plane.
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07-23-2010, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Dude if you could see the remnants of this airplane... he's rather fortunate to have only 2 broken legs.
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07-23-2010, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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He ejected at 100m lucky they design those things to fire to high enough for your parachute to open.
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07-23-2010, 01:24 PM
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Apparently there is footage of the accident - it is being turned over to RCMP and Military personnel.
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07-23-2010, 01:25 PM
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Had an idea!
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So, no CF-18 for the airshow or what?
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