Two Killed After Cessna Collides With F-16

Probably a girl or a homo flying the F-16

Search teams were scouring South Carolina marshlands for the bodies of two people killed when their small plane collided in midair Tuesday with an Air Force fighter jet, officials said.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon collided with the civilian Cessna C150 just after 11 a.m. ET, about 11 miles north of Charleston, sending debris raining down on land and water. Officials at the Shaw Air Force Base, east of Columbia, said the pilot was headed toward Charleston as part of a routine instrument training when the accident occurred.
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Statistically unlikely.

When you factor in the fact that it smashed into another plane the odds get quite high.

Hungover, however...statistically likely.

A Cessna flies at 150 MPH, tops.

An F-16 flies at 1,345 mph.

An F-16 stalls (stops flying and falls out of the sky like a rock) at 207 mph.

So how does a Cessna hit an F-16.

I'd chalk it up to "Shit happens".

Broadside.

Wonder why this is listed as 7 hrs. ago on this news report, yet it supposedly happened less than an hr. ago. Video and more info at link.

Two dead after F-16, Cessna collide over South Carolina
An Air Force F-16 fighter jet and a Cessna collided Tuesday over South Carolina, killing two aboard the smaller plane and raining down plane parts and debris as the fighter pilot ejected to safety.

There also are reports that toxic flames were coming from the F-16, according to WCSC.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the fighter jet collided with the Cessna around 11 a.m., about 11 miles north of Charleston. A witness told WCSC that the crash occurred in a rice field close to the historic Lewisfield plantation home.



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Most cessnas are intelligence or even DoD operatives surveilling and harassing people.

if that's who was in it, good riddance.

Doesn't really fit the MO.

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Aerodynamically impossible.

Well, since nothing on GLP can be without weirdness, here we go, smh. Wth:

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Nice find.

If you wanted a plane shot down but couldn't shoot it.....

NTSB: 2 killed when F-16, small plane crash over South Carolina; jet pilot safe

"We heard the plane crash. And then we took off from where I was at, I guess I was about a half-mile from it, when we saw a cloud of smoke," said Leo Ramsey, who's worked at the plantation for about 30 years.


He and two other co-workers went out to the flaming spot where the jet had crash-landed into some of the wooded acreage around the plantation, Ramsey said. They found burning metal, splintered trees and a crater where the empty jet crashed, he said."We heard the plane crash. And then we took off from where I was at, I guess I was about a half-mile from it, when we saw a cloud of smoke," said Leo Ramsey, who's worked at the plantation for about 30 years.

Debris was scattered across a wide swath of the sparsely populated area about 20 miles northwest of Charleston, though there were no reports of anyone being hurt or any homes being damaged on the ground, Berkeley County spokesman Michael Mule said.

The Cessna 150's maximum altitude is about 15,000 feet, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Most models weigh about 1,500 pounds when fully fueled. By comparison, an F-16 is about 50 feet long and weighs nearly 10 tons, not counting fuel or weapons. Jost said the F-16 was not carrying any live munitions at the time of the collision.

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think of you often

winter is cool, but sunny days

I have the kettle on still

When you factor in the fuckup, it is statically likely.

or a cable car....