One of the US Air Force B-1B Lancer deployed in Norway was unable to leave the country due to "damage"

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The deployment of B-1B strategic bombers in Norway, widely advertised by the US Armed Forces in Europe, was not without incidents. According to The Drive, one of the airlifted aircraft suffered serious engine damage that prevented it from leaving the country after the mission was completed.

According to the newspaper, in February, four B-1B Lancer bombers arrived at the Norwegian airbase in Erland, and in March, after the official announcement of the completion of the mission, only three aircraft left it. As it turned out, one of the bombers received "significant damage" to the engine and will now return to Texas only after repairs have been carried out.



It is known that the "accident" with the bomber, as stated in the report of the 7th Bomber Wing of the Dyes airbase in Texas, has already led to the removal from command of the airbase commander due to a "loss of confidence." At the same time, the military refused to name the cause of the engine breakdown.

However, sources at the Norwegian base said the breakdown was caused by a tablet computer hitting one of the running motors. This resulted in significant damage requiring replacement of both engines on one side.

The command of the Dyce airbase did not confirm, but did not deny the reasons for the damage, saying that the bomber would return to the base after the repairs were carried out.
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  1. +26
    April 17 2021 09: 36
    A good device ... two engines with one tablet)))
    1. +7
      April 17 2021 09: 40
      Subsonic, motorless ... ground-to-air.)))
      1. 0
        April 17 2021 12: 44
        This is Biden's son's comp wassat
    2. +8
      April 17 2021 09: 40
      Quote: Canecat
      A good device ... two engines with one tablet)))


      "Impact gadget" Yes Yes Yes

      I wonder how it got him there?

      1. +2
        April 17 2021 10: 18
        And they would sit quietly in Texas and everything would be fine ... bully
      2. +2
        April 17 2021 11: 10
        Quote: Insurgent
        Impact gadget "

        What a shock! Two engines for repairs at the distant northern airbase - wow, and this tablet will cost them dearly. wassat
        1. 0
          April 17 2021 18: 38
          Quote: Mountain Shooter
          Two engines for repairs at the distant northern airbase - wow, and this tablet will cost them dearly.

          This digitalization strikes back.
          If, once in the air intake of one of the engines, this tablet disabled both engines, then the blades flew in different directions. And this is already the possibility of damage not only to the engine ...
          Let's consider this as karma ...
    3. +4
      April 17 2021 09: 47
      This has always been the case, even the caps of the commanders disabled the engines, now gadgets have been added.
      1. +2
        April 17 2021 11: 13
        Quote: figvam
        This has always been the case, even the caps of the commanders disabled the engines, now gadgets have been added.
        Yes, always at the airport, hats were fastened with carabiners on a lace. The tablet was probably connected for diagnostics ... I smiled
        led to the removal from command of the commander of the airbase due to "loss of confidence"
        What is it like ? feel smile
        1. +2
          April 17 2021 11: 58
          Quote: NIKNN
          led to the removal from command of the airbase commander due to "loss of confidence"

          Quote: NIKNN
          What is it like ?


          Most likely - the costs of inaccurate translation. Probably because of "loss of confidence"...
          1. +1
            April 17 2021 12: 06
            Quote: Insurgent
            Most likely - the costs of inaccurate translation. Probably due to the "loss of trust" ...

            Most likely, or rather, it seems to be so.
          2. 0
            April 17 2021 19: 43
            Quote: Insurgent
            Most likely - the costs of inaccurate translation. Probably due to the "loss of trust" ...

            ========
            good The word "confidence"in English means both (that is, both" trust "and" self-confidence "!) drinks
      2. Alf
        0
        April 17 2021 21: 07
        Quote: figvam
        This has always been the case, even the caps of the commanders disabled the engines, now gadgets have been added.

        Still, the twenty-first century ...
    4. +3
      April 17 2021 10: 32
      I have two questions:

      1. Are the engines repairable after this? If the turbine was spinning, then the blades were clearly damaged, the balance was disturbed, the engine was running wild ... This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the second one is also damaged. And the partition between them is not made of cardboard, the blow should have been very strong. Damage to the nacelle and, accordingly, to parts of the airframe is also not excluded.

      2. Are such new engines produced? If not, then there are problems ... Base commanders are not removed for nonsense. You can probably "cannibalize" (in American terminology) spare parts from a sample that is not flying for other reasons.
      But if they do not find a replacement for the engines, then the bird will be written off. We, of course, will not cry ...
      1. 0
        April 17 2021 17: 32
        Quote: RealPilot
        I have two questions:

        1. Are the engines repairable after this? If the turbine was spinning, then the blades were clearly damaged, the balance was disturbed, the engine was running wild ... This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the second one is also damaged. And the partition between them is not made of cardboard, the blow should have been very strong. Damage to the nacelle and, accordingly, to parts of the airframe is also not excluded.

        2. Are such new engines produced? If not, then there are problems ... Base commanders are not removed for nonsense. You can probably "cannibalize" (in American terminology) spare parts from a sample that is not flying for other reasons.
        But if they do not find a replacement for the engines, then the bird will be written off. We, of course, will not cry ...

        You can remove it from a serviceable one (if it is not anywhere else), bring it to Norway, deliver it, drive the car home, and then let it stand until a convenient opportunity.
        1. 0
          April 18 2021 13: 39
          Theoretically, it can fly to the aircraft graveyard on two engines with passenger speed. I've heard our people do it sometimes, though in aircraft repairs.
          1. 0
            April 18 2021 17: 13
            Quote: V.
            Theoretically, it can fly to the aircraft graveyard on two engines with passenger speed. I've heard our people do it sometimes, though in aircraft repairs.

            If on different consoles, then of course it is possible. And if on one, then it will not even take off.
      2. +1
        April 18 2021 03: 33
        There is probably a stock of engines, otherwise it is impossible to operate such a fleet of already elderly aircraft. The F-101GE-102 engines with a maximum thrust of 7718 kgf and 13974 kgf on afterburner have characteristics that are not unique today, but they should be in warehouses.
        Another thing is that one of the technicians used the air intake as a shelf for the tablet ... and forgot, but the engine sucked it into the compressor ... went into gear and with flying blades damaged not only the neighboring engine, but certainly the fuselage ... is not unique, there have been similar cases before ... and the plane will most likely be written off.
    5. +1
      April 17 2021 18: 12
      Quote: Canecat
      A good device ... two engines with one tablet)))

      Was the owner of the tablet in the second engine?
  2. +5
    April 17 2021 09: 37
    However, sources at the Norwegian base said the breakdown was caused by a tablet computer hitting one of the running motors.
    They live well ... it is so "successful" to scatter tablet computers ...
    1. 0
      April 17 2021 10: 21
      Quote: svp67
      However, sources at the Norwegian base said the breakdown was caused by a tablet computer hitting one of the running motors.
      They live well ... it is so "successful" to scatter tablet computers ...

      And maybe someone left it on purpose .. Not all the same there are Russophobes and haters of Russia .. hi
      1. +3
        April 17 2021 11: 15
        Quote: xorek
        Or maybe someone left it on purpose ..

        Yeah ... also put Putin's fingerprints on it laughing
  3. +4
    April 17 2021 09: 37
    Not sure, don't overtake! wassat
    1. +2
      April 17 2021 10: 04
      would sit at home .. there and repair is easier .. Vasya hi
    2. +3
      April 17 2021 10: 07
      Quote: Mouse
      Not sure, don't overtake! wassat

      Policeman Siberian Crane:
      - Well, tell me how you overtook, how you cut ...
      P.S. paraphrasing one anecdote.
      1. +3
        April 17 2021 19: 51
        Quote: sabakina
        - Well, tell me how you overtook, how you cut ...

        ... how they forgot the tablet ... But what about the old rule: when leaving the plane, the technician must check that he took everything ...
  4. 0
    April 17 2021 09: 38
    that the cause of the breakdown was a tablet computer hitting one of the running motors.

    We are here repairing the dvigun with a sledgehammer, and there they are hammering nails in with a tablet. Not technologically like that. Joke
  5. 0
    April 17 2021 09: 41
    Loss of confidence - how is it? Maybe the translation is wrong?
    1. +6
      April 17 2021 10: 05
      like a loss of trust, somewhere ... lol
  6. +1
    April 17 2021 09: 42
    Is it like someone threw a tablet PC past a flying plane? What kind of nonsense are they trying to get us into? Did the technicians prepare the plane for the flight? They carried out diagnostics on the tablet, then got tired, went for a smoke break, put the tablet in the engine. ..
    1. -2
      April 17 2021 10: 02
      Fan B1 went to the branch, threw in cons wassat
  7. +2
    April 17 2021 09: 42
    falling professionalism and sloppiness ... as a result of non-combat losses ...
  8. +2
    April 17 2021 09: 42
    More gadgets to help American pilots and technicians.
    And preferably larger and heavier laughing
  9. +1
    April 17 2021 09: 59
    Quote: Pereira
    Loss of confidence - how is it? Maybe the translation is wrong?

    It's good that there is no loss of innocence.
    1. 0
      April 17 2021 10: 48
      Legal term:
      Lost of trust and confidence.
      "Loss of trust and confidence (in professionalism).
    2. Alf
      0
      April 17 2021 21: 10
      Quote: Pavel57
      Quote: Pereira
      Loss of confidence - how is it? Maybe the translation is wrong?

      It's good that there is no loss of innocence.

      He will then lose his innocence, after "communicating" with the higher command ...
  10. +1
    April 17 2021 10: 00
    led to the removal from command of the airbase commander due to "loss of confidence"
    Strange wording. Has the commander of the airbase lost confidence in the exclusivity of the B-1B and decided to personally check it with a tablet?
    1. 0
      April 17 2021 10: 05
      good, that not the head ... or bad?
    2. -1
      April 17 2021 13: 39
      The wording is not strange, but regulated. There you are not here. ("Give me a man and I will bring him under the article").
  11. +1
    April 17 2021 10: 06
    has already led to the removal from command of the commander of the airbase due to "loss of confidence."
    Vsravsi, chi sho? laughing
  12. 0
    April 17 2021 10: 16
    The personality factor worked!
  13. +2
    April 17 2021 11: 06
    Chinese Huawei tablet?
    1. +1
      April 17 2021 11: 17
      Tralflot - are you hinting at the revenge of the Chinese for the ban on the supply of processors to China? ?? lol
      1. +1
        April 17 2021 11: 22
        This is probably the first swallow from the Huawei, on Gerald Ford, the crew needs to screw the tablets to the tables! They will crawl somewhere! They will then serve SOS. bully
        1. +1
          April 18 2021 07: 27
          Quote: tralflot1832
          This is probably the first swallow from the Huawei, on Gerald Ford, the crew needs to screw the tablets to the tables! They will crawl somewhere! They will then serve SOS. bully

          Right in the center of the display with a 20mm bolt and don't forget the lock washers.
  14. 0
    April 17 2021 11: 26
    laughing Comp is a pity. Or maybe you should equip the air defense with tablets? It turns out to be a killer thing. laughing
  15. 0
    April 17 2021 12: 39
    What is the connection between engine breakdown and "loss of confidence" at the beginning of the AVB?)))
  16. +2
    April 17 2021 13: 02
    or maybe rubbish and nothing broke, but for "necessary" left
  17. +2
    April 17 2021 13: 04
    A tablet is not only a gadget ... Stirlitz thought somewhere around the corner wassat
  18. 0
    April 17 2021 21: 25
    Quote: iouris
    The wording is not strange, but regulated. There you are not here. ("Give me a man and I will bring him under the article").

    There would be a man, but there is a formulation.
  19. mvg
    0
    April 18 2021 01: 29
    A tablet for $ 50 million, immediately into the Guinness Book of Records.

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