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August 28, 2006

How not to treat your new $135m airplane

A software glitch is reported to be the cause of this expensive little time waster:

Trapped F-22 Pilot Cut Free

Raptor canopy stuck in down and locked position sawn open by fire crew after 5h.

A fire crew had to cut open the canopy of a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighter with chainsaws on 10 April to free the pilot, who had been trapped inside for 5h.

Posted by Nicholas at August 28, 2006 05:16 PM
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