A pilot spent 50 minutes on an a call with Lockheed Martin engineers, trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet, before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ground in Alaska earlier this year, an accident report says. https://cnn.it/4lIH5Xj
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What was the issue, something landing related?
aug 27, 2025, 7:31 pm • 0 0 • view
It's all in the article, but the hydraulics for the landing gear were full of ice. After some touch downs to try to bump start the landing gear, the plane decided that it was on the ground and became uncontrollable. I love me a plane with sophisticated software. 🙄
aug 27, 2025, 7:44 pm • 2 0 • view
perfect example of why Canadians want out of the program.
aug 27, 2025, 7:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Our threat to annex their country must be figuring in their thoughts as well. You don't buy an F35 unless you believe in the after sales support.
aug 27, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't want america having the power to disable our jets thank you very much. and also I want nukes. because I've seen what happens to neighbours without nukes now.
aug 27, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Understandable. You live upstairs from a heavily armed meth lab, staffed by unpredictable meth heads. It would be safer to have a deterrent.
aug 27, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Sounds like it’s programmed by Elon. 🤷♂️🚫
aug 27, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
And Canada is on the hook for 16 of these overengineered pieces of crap.
aug 27, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
"No, I'm afraid I don't currently have access to an external thumb drive with an uncorrupted copy of the actuation files."
aug 27, 2025, 7:58 pm • 2 0 • view
The issues with this type of plane in particular needs it own docu-series cuz BRUH. F.O.R.D?
aug 27, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Must have been some incredible hold music.
aug 29, 2025, 4:01 pm • 0 0 • view
“Your call is important to us”.
aug 27, 2025, 7:54 pm • 4 0 • view
aug 27, 2025, 9:39 pm • 0 0 • view
“We are experiencing a higher than average number of calls. Your wait time is currently 35 minutes.”
aug 27, 2025, 9:29 pm • 2 1 • view
"Your call is important to us..."
aug 27, 2025, 9:32 pm • 2 0 • view
This is fine
aug 27, 2025, 7:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Check the engine. (Pratt & Whitney) I know things. (Source: Brother TriSec at GE Riverworks, Lynn MA.) It was originally a GE engine, but the contract was given to PW for political reasons.
aug 27, 2025, 8:42 pm • 1 0 • view
Was water in the landing gear hydraulic lines. And the touch and goes he made made the jets sensors think he was on the ground. Nothing to do with the motor
aug 27, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 27, 2025, 7:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Pilot calling tech support while flying: "Please listen carefully as our menu items have changed."
aug 27, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Worst tech support call ever 😏
aug 27, 2025, 7:34 pm • 22 1 • view
😂
aug 27, 2025, 8:05 pm • 0 0 • view
“Please hold” … “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
aug 27, 2025, 7:38 pm • 17 1 • view
🤣🤣
aug 27, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
If your elevator trim is stuck press 1…if your ailerons are malfunctioning press 2 😁
aug 28, 2025, 12:45 am • 0 0 • view
“Please enter the serial number of your plane after the beep. To finish press pound.”
aug 28, 2025, 1:38 pm • 1 0 • view
I thought it was a female pilot that crashed the F35
aug 27, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm sure it'll be blamed on some "DEI", regardless of what actually happened...
aug 27, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
The accident report does not mention anything about DEI. Try reading
aug 27, 2025, 11:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Can you give me your name, DOB, address and phone number for verification, again?
aug 27, 2025, 9:12 pm • 0 1 • view
What’s your callback number if we get disconnected?
aug 27, 2025, 7:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Listening to the hold music start over for the fourth time and fingering the missile launch controls
aug 27, 2025, 7:33 pm • 7 0 • view
What happened was he couldn't land because the main landing gear wouldn't properly deploy and they where trying everything they could to land the plane safely before the sensors through it into an inoperable state an he had to eject.
aug 27, 2025, 7:37 pm • 4 0 • view
Water in the hydraulic lines
aug 27, 2025, 11:03 pm • 0 0 • view
yeah, I think the story mentioned that I had gotten into the hydraulics and he tried to land twice, but then the sensors through everything off and had to eject when the aircraft became unstable. Personally, I would’ve retitled this story as engineers worked with pilot trying to save aircraft.
aug 27, 2025, 11:16 pm • 3 0 • view
Please hold, an operator will assist you shortly (background music).
aug 27, 2025, 8:02 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 27, 2025, 8:51 pm • 1 2 • view