Srušila se dva aviona Rafale

[dexy]

25.09.2009.

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Dva aviona tipa Rafale M sa francuskog nosača aviona Charles de Gaulle srušila su se juče u Mediteran, nekih 30 kilometara istočno od francuskog grada Perpignan. Do nesreće je došlo kada su se dva aviona sudarila tokom vežbe. Jedan pilot je spašen, dok se za drugim još uvek traga, a u potrazi pored vojnih brodova učestvuju i helikopteri Eurocopter SA365 Dauphin i Westland Lynx, kao i avioni Dassault-Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique, Dassault Falcon 50 i Northrop Grumman E-2C.
Ovo je prvi gubitak avona Rafale u mornarici, koja je pre ovoga imala 23 aviona tog tipa. Ratno vazduhoplovstvo je pre dve godine imalo gubitak jednog Rafale B tokom vežbe, pri čemu je poginuo pilot.
Nosač aviona Charles de Gaulle je isplovio 21. septembra iz svoje luke u Toulonu na vežbu sa ukrcana 4 Rafala, 3 jurišna aviona Dassault Super Etendard Modernisé, kao i tri helikoptera.
Ova vest stiže kratko nakon vesti o uspehu Sarkozija da proda Brazilu avione ovog tipa na tenderu FX-2, srećom, po svemu sudeći ugovor je već potpisan, tako da ova nesreća neće negativno uticati na ishod pregovora.


Izvor: Paluba.info

[dexy]

28.09.09.

Pronađeni su ostaci srušenog Rafala, ali ne i nestali pilot, tako da su sada šanse da je on preživeo nesreću minimalne, kažu zvaničnici francuske ratne mornarice, tako da su se sada koncentrisali na traženje ostataka oba aviona.

Wreckage found from downed Rafale, as France names missing pilot
By Craig Hoyle

France has named the pilot still missing after a suspected mid-air collision between two navy Dassault Rafales over the Mediterranean Sea on 24 September as François Duflot. The first pieces of wreckage from the downed fighter have been recovered.

A test pilot from France's DGA procurement agency, Duflot went missing after his aircraft was involved in what defence minister Hervé Morin says is believed to have been a collision between the Rafales.

The single-seat fighters were among four Rafales assigned to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and had been involved in flight-test activities before the mishap, which happened around 30km (16nm) east of Perpignan. The other pilot survived the accident, and was recovered by helicopter shortly after ejecting from his aircraft.

The French navy on 27 September confirmed that it had recovered several items from the missing Rafale, including a part of its wing that was picked up around 40km from where the first pilot was rescued.

With hopes of finding Duflot alive having faded over the weekend, the emphasis of the French navy's search efforts has now been shifted to finding the rest of the fighter.

Izvor: Flight International

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Nadjen je i pilot...

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The French Navy said Oct. 1 it has found the body of the Rafale pilot whose aircraft crashed into the sea a week ago after a suspected collision with a second Rafale.

"During the night of Wednesday Sept. 30, the body of Francois Dufflot, test pilot of the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA), was found on board his Rafale, 35 km east of Cap Béar," according to a joint statement from the French Navy, DGA and Ministry of Defense.

A robot submarine operated by the French Navy's unit for human diving and undersea intervention found the aircraft wreckage at a depth of 700 meters, Navy spokesman Capt. Hugues du Plessis d'Argentré told journalists. The pilot's body was in the cockpit.

The two aircraft were carrying mock-ups of armaments when they crashed into the sea, a DGA spokeswoman said. One Rafale carried mock-ups representing four of the GPS version of the AASM bomb, four Mica air-to-air missiles, two real external fuel pods and a canon without ammunition; the other Rafale carried mock-ups of six GBU 12 bombs, two Mica missiles, two real fuel pods and a canon without ammunition.

The second Rafale also crashed into the sea, but its pilot, Capt. Yann Beaufils, ejected and was picked up safely by helicopter.

The two Rafales were carrying heavy payloads as part of flying tests designed to calibrate the catapults on the carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is coming out of 18 months dry dock.

The French defense minister told his Brazilian counterpart, Nelson Jobin, in a Sept. 30 phone call that there was nothing to suggest the aircraft had caused the accident and that France would send information from the accident inquiry to Brazil.

Three separate inquiries - the Navy, the defense air accident board and a judicial investigation by the Genfarmerie Nationale - are being conducted into the accident, said Defense Ministry spokesman Laurent Teisseire.

Cables will be used to bring up the wrecked plane in the next few weeks, weather permitting, with robots bringing up the smaller pieces.