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RAF Tornado crashes into Scottish Hills
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by mudricky | July 2, 2009 at 04:20 am
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An RAF Tornado aircraft has crashed into hills in Scotland.
The aircraft came from the RAF Leuchars airbase in Fife and came down in Argyll at a hillside near the Rest and Be Thankful, a tourist spot on the A83 Arrochar to Inveraray Road, north west of Loch Lomond.
No members of the public were hurt, but it is believed the pilot and navigator have died.
A Strathclyde Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that police were called at 11.45am to a report of a plane crash near the Rest and Be Thankful, Arrochar.
"Police are arriving at the scene."
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said: "Strathclyde Fire and Rescue's operations support centre received a call reporting that an aircraft, possibly an RAF Tornado, had crashed into the hillside near the A83 at Cairndow.
"Five fire appliances, two major incident units with heavy rescue equipment and a technical support unit to deal with any potential hazardous materials and to minimise any environmental impact were mobilised as a result.
"Strathclyde Fire and Rescue personnel are working alongside personnel from the RAF, the police and ambulance services to deal with this incident and to locate the occupants of the aircraft."
An RAF Tornado has crashed in remote countryside in Scotland, according to reports.The plane, believed to be from RAF Leuchars, in Fife, hit a hillside in Argyll.No civilians are understood to have been hurt.
It is not known whether the two people on board - a pilot and a navigator - were able to eject from the aircraft safely.An ambulance spokeswoman said two crews are at the scene.
A specialist operations team is also on its way.
The Tornado F3 is thought to have come down near a tourist spot known as the Rest And Be Thankful on the A38 Arrochar to Inveraray Road, north west of Loch Lomond.
A Strathclyde police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that police were called at 11.45am to a report of a plane crash near the Rest And Be Thankful, Arrochar.
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at 05:45 on July 2nd, 2009
Somebody pushed hands-of flying to the limit. These Tornado's with their forward looking radar will skate along at 700 km/h just 100m (+/-) off the ground. The computer auto adjusts the altitude up and down much faster than any human can based on the forward-imaged topography but it's not foolproof with matters such as dramatic vertical inclines as we have probably been shown here...
at 04:30 on July 7th, 2009
What complete and utter tripe. Do you really think they fly no hands at 100feet? These are the most skillful pilots in the world and they don't stick them on autopilot like the civil airliners do. Get some facts right.