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johnnj · 05-02-2005, 06:13 PM

Two U.S. F-18s reportedly collide over Iraq

From the article: "WASHINGTON - Navy officials said Monday that two F-18 fighter jets apparently were involved in an "air-to-air collision" over southern Iraq. There was no immediate word on the fate of the crew members."

Wonderful -- More bad news from Iraq...

P.S. I am new to the board, hi, this is my "first post." I've read some great conversations on this board and I hope that I can be a part of new ones. I usually read and post to Slashdot but the level of conversation there is never very deep because after a couple of replies, the conversation ends.

Seaver · 05-02-2005, 07:16 PM

It's a tragedy that IMO has nothing to do with the war, and more to do with simple pilot error.

Locobot · 05-02-2005, 07:20 PM

Well hopefully they were able to eject in time.

Welcome to the board. I think you'll find this to be a bit of a nonstarter in terms of debate, but who knows. Some of the best threads here are started with non-positional stories like this.

Hardknock · 05-04-2005, 10:29 PM

They didn't. Bodies were found. They just don't know what happened that caused them to allegiedly collide.

Codename47 · 05-07-2005, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardknock

They didn't. Bodies were found. They just don't know what happened that caused them to allegiedly collide.

Failure to signal while changing lanes?

05-02-2005, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnnj Upright	MSNBC - Two U.S. F-18s reportedly collide over Iraq Two U.S. F-18s reportedly collide over Iraq From the article: "WASHINGTON - Navy officials said Monday that two F-18 fighter jets apparently were involved in an "air-to-air collision" over southern Iraq. There was no immediate word on the fate of the crew members." Wonderful -- More bad news from Iraq... P.S. I am new to the board, hi, this is my "first post." I've read some great conversations on this board and I hope that I can be a part of new ones. I usually read and post to Slashdot but the level of conversation there is never very deep because after a couple of replies, the conversation ends.

05-02-2005, 07:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Seaver Junkie Location: Fort Worth, TX	It's a tragedy that IMO has nothing to do with the war, and more to do with simple pilot error. Last edited by Seaver; 05-03-2005 at 09:53 AM..

05-02-2005, 07:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Locobot is awesome!	Well hopefully they were able to eject in time. Welcome to the board. I think you'll find this to be a bit of a nonstarter in terms of debate, but who knows. Some of the best threads here are started with non-positional stories like this.

05-04-2005, 10:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hardknock Republican slayer Location: WA	They didn't. Bodies were found. They just don't know what happened that caused them to allegiedly collide.