U.S. officials have urged the military investigation of all potential risks of F-18 fighter
Date:2011-09-02Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) California Senator Diane Stephens Tann and Barbara Box-check all 10 urges the U.S. Marine Corps The F-18 fighter aircraft, excluding the potential risks.
12 8, U.S. Marine Corps F-18 fighters in a southern California residential area near the military airport crashed, killing two little girls and their mother, grandmother, four people were killed, they from a Korean family. Currently, the preliminary accident report, the accident aircraft was on to participate in training, the results of the twin-engine plane failed, causing the accident. Two senators to the Marine Corps commander James Conway wrote, hope the findings out quickly, and the military made public to take measures to ensure the safety of both military and civilian. Marine Corps spokesman did not evaluate the matter.
It is reported that before the accident, the F-18 aircraft in more than a dozen of the cracks found on the ailerons, so hundreds of Marine Corps F-18 aircraft for overhaul. House Armed Services Committee Rep. Dukan Hunt also asked the Marine Corps announced F-18 fighter maintenance and repair records. But he said the cracks may be unrelated to the crash.
addition to demanding a thorough investigation of all F-18, Diane Stephens Tann and Barbara Box-Marine Corps also required to give to help victims of Korean families.
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