Thai Air Force chief voices condolence on death of Chinese female jet pilot

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Thai Air Force chief voices condolence on death of Chinese female jet pilot

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Air Force commander-in-chief Air Chief Marshal Chom Rungsawang today expressed regret over the death of one of China's first female J-10 fighter jet pilots in a training exercise on November 12.

 

The Chinese J-10 fighter jet pilot Yu Xu, 30, died in a training exercise in north China’s Tianjin, when two J-10 fighter jets of PLAAF’s August 1st  Aerobatic Team crashed during the drill, the People’s Daily Online reported.

 

One of the planes then plunged down and crashed near Yutian county in Hebei. Yu died when her parachute failed to eject.

 

Yu was one of the first four female fighter pilots of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

 

She joined PLAAF in 2005 and was a pilot of the August 1st Aerobatic Team, which is affiliated to the Air Force.

 

In his message to PLAAF, ACM Chom offered condolence to the Chinese Air Force and the pilot’s family for the loss of Xu.

 

He said to reporters today that the Chinese female pilot was a member of the August 1st Aerobatic Team which  joined the Thai Air Force in a show in Nakhon Ratchasima province last year.

 

He said air accident could happen any time to pilots.

 

For the Thai Air Force’s first team of female pilots, they are all carefully supervised during training to ensure them the highest safety.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thai-air-force-chief-voices-condolence-on-death-of-chinese-female-jet-pilot/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-14

[djinn]

a parachute can eject himselve in thailand or china????

 

[cardinalblue]

People eject not parachutes...sounds like human error x2

[Enoon]

 

2nd from right.

 

 

DON'T!

[dhream]

Another mangled report from the PBS, maybe they should hire just ONE foreign proofreader?

We are left to guess if the ejection rockets failed to ignite and eject the seat, if the parachute on the ejected seat failed to deploy (thus stabilising the seat, allowing the pilot to jump free using their personal chute) or even if the pilot was incapacitated and never initiated the ejection sequence.

 

[Enoon]

25 minutes ago, dhream said:

Another mangled report from the PBS, maybe they should hire just ONE foreign proofreader?

We are left to guess if the ejection rockets failed to ignite and eject the seat, if the parachute on the ejected seat failed to deploy (thus stabilising the seat, allowing the pilot to jump free using their personal chute) or even if the pilot was incapacitated and never initiated the ejection sequence.

 

 

According to China Daily:

 

2 jets collided.

She and co-pilot ejected.

She was struck mid-air, and killed, by another jet.

 

"Sacrifices must be made",  Disputed last words of Otto Lilienthal, Aviation Pioneer.

 

Edited November 14, 2016 by Enoon

[tukkytuktuk]

R.I.P brave lady.

[Torrens54]

10 hours ago, dhream said:

Another mangled report from the PBS, maybe they should hire just ONE foreign proofreader?

We are left to guess if the ejection rockets failed to ignite and eject the seat, if the parachute on the ejected seat failed to deploy (thus stabilising the seat, allowing the pilot to jump free using their personal chute) or even if the pilot was incapacitated and never initiated the ejection sequence.

 

Just adds to the Mystery and allows the reader to explore the "Theater Of The Mind."

[wayned]

When you are strapped into the seat in a fighter aircraft, and the seat is ejected, the parachute in the seat is your parachute, you don't "jump free" and use your own parachute, mainly because you don't have one.  The suit that you see fighter pilots wearing when they get in the aircraft are "G-suits" that hook to a system in the aircraft and keep them from blacking out by restricting the blood flow to the lower part of your body during high "G" maneuvers, not parachutes.  Either the rockets didn't fire or the chute didn't open, there's no backup!

[BSJ]

The second pilot from the right is cute!

[bangon04]

The J10  does look remarkably similar to an F15

[seahorse]

4 hours ago, BSJ said:

The second pilot from the right is cute!

 

That is the one who died, dude.

[The Deerhunter]

17 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

2nd from right.

 

 

DON'T!

Damn.  Really sad for all involved, family, friends and colleagues.  Also damned cute too!  A waste from any viewpoint.  R.I.P.

Edited November 15, 2016 by The Deerhunter
add detail.

[The Deerhunter]

3 hours ago, bangon04 said:

The J10  does look remarkably similar to an F15

I don't think so.  Single engine? Delta wing? Air scoop underneath? And large canards?  A bit F16 from some angles perhaps but not F15.

[Honthy]

10 hours ago, BSJ said:

The second pilot from the right is cute!

She is the one, who died....