Crash

[Cooter]

From BBC News

A Nato aircraft has crashed in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a Nato spokesman has said.

It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties.

The crash was not the result of enemy fire and the plane which was supporting a Nato mission in the area was not a fighter jet, Maj Scott Lundy said.

Nato forces are at the scene but there is no word on how many people were on board. A large Canadian contingent is based in Kandahar province.

To the fallen

Cooter

[ 02. September 2006, 08:36: Message edited by: Cooter ]

[Guest spar91]

14 Brit troops

fox news story here

[Guest Pan130]

Rumor says it was a Nimrod

[Steve Davies]

MoD confirmed type as Nimrod MR2.

RIP.

[F-15E WSO]

Cheers boys. Thanks for the effort. I'm extremely bummed that we've lost another jet in such a short period.

Godspeed!

[F-15E WSO]

From:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006410086,00.html

The Nimrod was just three minutes from safety when it was brought down by a catastrophic on-board fire.

The pilot battled to land on an airstrip before the £50million jet ditched in a massive fireball.

Shaken air traffic controllers heard the desperate last 60 seconds over the radio as the crew broadcast a series of harrowing Mayday calls.

The RAF’s Nimrod fleet is grounded pending an inquiry.

Chilling details of the plane’s final moments emerged as a probe began.

Fire warning detectors went off at the cruising altitude of 25,000ft and the plane plunged in a desperate dive for safety.

But the pilot lost his fight to land as fire engulfed the fuselage, disabling the controls.

The jet crashed in the village of Chalaghor — just miles from Kandahar Airbase’s western perimeter fence.

[Ram]

Damn...that's one helluva way to go out.

...but still better than dying in your sleep.

Godspeed to the crew.

[Clayton Bigsby]

RIP, thanks fellas.