South Korean Air Force F-35A training flight ends with emergency landing

The incident with the fifth generation F-35A fighter of the South Korean Air Force took place today, January 4, during a training flight. Technical problems led to an emergency landing, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of South Korea reports, citing a statement from the Air Force.

According to the report, the F-35A fighter, performing a training flight, had problems with the landing gear, so it was decided to land the aircraft on its belly. Before landing, the airstrip of the military air base was covered with special foam to reduce friction and prevent serious damage to the fuselage. The fighter pilot managed to land the car, the plane, according to preliminary data, did not receive serious damage, the pilot does not need hospitalization.

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea emphasizes that this is the first successful landing of an F-35A fighter on the belly outside of the United States since the start of export deliveries of the aircraft.

It is noted that the incident took place at one of the military air bases of the South Korean Air Force near Seoul. The cause of the chassis malfunction has not been reported; a special commission will be involved in establishing all the circumstances, which will include South Korean and American specialists, including from Lockheed Martin.

At the moment, all flights of the South Korean F-35A are suspended indefinitely pending the end of the investigation.

To date, the South Korean Air Force is armed with 30 F-35A fighters. South Korea signed a contract for the supply of 40 F-35A aircraft in 2014 with the start of delivery in 2019. It all cost $ 6,4 billion. However, they do not intend to stop in Seoul, and in 2020 they decided to double the number of aircraft purchased, i.e. additionally purchase 20 F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing fighters and 20 more F-35A fighters.

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[Uncle lee]

F-35A of the South Korean Air Force ends with an emergency landing

Good news !

[Asad]

They are building a Zvezda shipyard for us! And you!

[Uncle lee]

Quote: ASAD

shipyard ,, Zvezda ,,

What happiness to you from this shipyard?

[Uncle lee]

Quote: ASAD

are building!

I didn't recognize you in the mask ... Miller? Sechin?

[Asad]

You are apolitical!

[Uncle lee]

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Apolitical

From the point of view of Sechin and Miller, yes! Ordinary citizens do not get much from Zvezda ...

[figwam]

The cause of the chassis malfunction is not reported

Forgot to download the update in the air.

[mitrich]

What's good? Did not crash into splashes, did not burn out, did not drown. And these are little things, they will restore.

[Momento]

if he sat on his belly it is unlikely. if only without a weapon will fly - for training

[Asad]

I hope there will not be such a "battle" as with the news about an Israeli helicopter?

[mitrich]

Yes, the people there have had a full time. And I, a little too.

[Thrifty]

It was necessary for the pilot to shout "banzai, or whatever it sounds like in Korean" to direct the plane towards Japan, and to eject himself urgently

[vindigo]

"Manse!" screaming. Or "shibal" is already a mat. Our word with the letter b.

[mitrich]

B .. shorter. Obviously we will defeat them in the air war.

[Aerodrome]

Quote: mitrich

B .. shorter. Obviously we will defeat them in the air war.

exam ...

[Shahno]

Yeah. Before a short comma.
Although, maybe it meant the size.

[Mavrikiy]

Before landing, the runway of the military airbase was covered special foam to reduce friction and prevent serious damage to the fuselage.

A couple of tons of banana peel should be kept in the refrigerators at each airfield. Cheap and environmentally friendly! Definitely.

[Asad]

Do we have something like that?

[Tusv]

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Do we have something like that?

Of course. A simple Russian land plot next to the GDP. And the strip from this special coating does not need to be cleaned

[Asad]

Severely! But it is economical.

[Tusv]

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Severely! But it is economical.

Not. Purely in accordance with GOST, so that there was no churchyard. Never noticed that the grass ant around the runway is very well-groomed like a lawn near the White House? Just for such cases

[Mavrikiy]

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Do we have something like that?

Banana peel? Yes, but only in the bazaar.

special foam to reduce friction and prevent serious damage to the fuselage.

I have not heard, I think not, the number of airfields exceeds the capacity of the chemical industry

[grandfather_Kostya]

We have Semyon Semyonich Gorbunkov slipped on a watermelon rind. No need to throw away the crust - store it at all aerodromes!

[Aerodrome]

Quote: ASAD

Do we have something like that?

yes ... many times the chassis did not come out, sat down on the concrete road, caught fire, there were fires, more often no.

[fa2998]

They use good foam! We use a similar "device" ,? Or immediately for repair.

[Mountain shooter]

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They use good foam! We use a similar "device" ,? Or immediately for repair

Fire foam. Not for lubrication, in general, but in case of fuel spills. With this fit, foam gets into the hot engine. So to say that everything is there "no problem", I would be careful. There will be repairs. Even if the fuselage is intact.
It has been invented for a long time to pour foam on a concrete runway. Otherwise, a sheaf of sparks from the friction of metal on concrete ignites the fuel, if it spills, instantly. Firefighters with foam are always on duty at the airport.

[mitrich]

We have boards greased with grease

[Avior]

They sit on the foam everywhere for a very long time already in such cases.

Moscow. July, 12. INTERFAX.RU - A Superjet-100 plane landed without landing gear in Ramenskoye near Moscow, an informed source told Interfax.

"The test pilots flew the plane after a series of works. Before landing, they reported that the right landing gear had failed, and it was decided to land in emergency mode," the source said.

The runway was previously covered with foam to prevent the aircraft from catching fire. "The plane landed on a foamy runway without a right landing gear, and it did not leave before landing. The crew was not injured, there were no passengers on board," the source said.

[Liam]

Quote: Avior

They sit on the foam everywhere for a very long time already in such cases.

[Split]

The weapon loves caress, cleaning and ... lubrication

[Light]

Well, that's right, they were shoveled with raw, under-tested aircraft, let them eat.

[Siberia55]

Foam is included in the package, in the form of moral damage

[Lykases1]

Any technique breaks down.

[yuriy55]

South Korean Air Force F-35A training flight ends with emergency landing

Have you, gentlemen, Israelis, had problems with the F-35i?
Accident statistics do not inspire concern, and there are a lot of them in any aviation ... Even in Korea there are 40 "invisible" ... Where the world is heading ...

[aszzz888]

yuriy55 (Siberian)
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South Korean Air Force F-35A training flight ends with emergency landing

Have you, gentlemen, Israelis, had problems with the F-35i?

they silently minus

[Third district]

Take, for example, our deck-mounted Yak-38. His pilots called it - emergency. But no one raised a fuss because of this, it was still exploited. Even in Afghanistan they tried to use it. And this is just an emergency landing.

[Roman_vh]

Why 40, in article 30 (minus one). 40 is still in the project.
And they themselves control some kind of device.

[Tusv]

My admiration for the ground services of the South Korean airfield. Cover the concrete with special foam for a couple of minutes. It's incredibly cool. We would just be planted in a field

[yuriy55]

Quote: Tusv

My admiration for the ground services of the South Korean airfield.

Sometimes in films you look with skepticism about the work of airfield services. And here is a specific situation. You correctly noticed about the foam.

[Tusv]

Quote: yuriy55

Sometimes in films you look with skepticism about the work of airfield services. And here is a specific situation. You correctly noticed about the foam.

My father-in-law is the head of ATB. An emergency belly landing is just next to the runway, because the grass there is always well-groomed. But there are all sorts of different kinds of foam: only all the chassis are operational, but with the threat of breaking or the pilot is not sure of himself. This is the law

[Tusv]

Or the landing speed is too high. Such special tools are available in every airport. In civil aviation for sure. And no one trumpets about heroism

[Asad]

Well, in a couple of minutes this is too much, he did not immediately blurted out. Maybe an hour flew by while preparing

[Crimean partisan 1974]

... Cover the concrete with special foam for a couple of minutes. It's incredibly cool.

..... pass your admiration to the airfield service when this vein with GDP will literally rip off with a blade ..... try to tear off at least a couple of centimeters of polyurethane foam ... then you will understand this device on the GDP

[Nikon O'Conor]

Have you ever seen / touched fire foam? Polyurethane foam on GDP is tin)))
+ To you for a smile))

[Crimean partisan 1974]

Have you ever seen / touched fire foam?

... well, the chest of drawers of the GDZS department is waxing ... so I know what I am setting out ... the foam solution does not reduce any friction in this case ... it can only prevent a fire ... especially in the article
it was "covered with a special foam to reduce friction and prevent serious damage to the fuselage." ... that is, the foam solution was the polyurethane foam ....

[Nikon O'Conor]

Thank you, I didn’t know. If so, then I sympathize with the aerodrome service, I know the foam firsthand)))

[Crimean partisan 1974]

Thank you, I didn’t.

..... but not at all ... just add .... mainly in the fire brigade they use a foaming agent based on all kinds of salts (bromide, sodium) .... however, there are animals in this area as polyurethane foaming agents, .. .but they are used only to block the object to stop the atmosphere from outside ... for direct extinguishing they are dangerous because polyurethane foam does not smolder, but it smolders, releasing hydrocyanic acid ... therefore, there is no such beast directly at the airfield service ... so it must be somewhere were looking for ... and fill the strip with simple foam ... Airfield Auto will pair in a couple of minutes

[Vasyan1971]

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea emphasizes that this is the first successful landing of an F-35A fighter on the belly outside of the United States since the start of export deliveries of the aircraft.

And how many were unsuccessful, I wonder ...

[TermNachTer]

The number of those wishing to throw money down the drain does not decrease)))) it pleases.

[zenion]

What is incomprehensible here. Two Russian spies, well-known to all, stole wheels during the flight, they needed them for a wheelbarrow, and besides, they splashed the newcomer in the face of the plane and he did not want to sit down at all. They lured the plane to some beautiful Korean women. They pretended that there were cots and he lay down.

[Teador]

Soon there will be news about PUNCTURES OF WHEELS OR CHAIN ​​BLIND FROM a bicycle from NATO countries

[Roman_vh]

And why is this not news for VO? Or are you only interested in our jambs? Well, then you have to go to other resources.

[Private SA]

"Anything that can break will break. Anything that can't break will break too."
Fate, apparently to him, after the F-22 and F-117 in the "Leta River" in the kingdom of Hades to sink.
At the cost of maintenance and qualifications of the service technician.

[km-21]

If we compare the ratio of the number of accidents to the number of normal flights in Russia and in the West (South Korea can also be considered a part of the West), then alas, the comparison will not be in our favor. Therefore, you should not arrange a holiday of gloating about today. Better, let's try to move forward on those issues on which we are clearly lagging behind the West. In particular, on the issue of saturation of the Russian Aerospace Forces with 5th generation fighters.