{"id":1215,"date":"2020-09-24T19:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2020-09-25T19:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:32:03","slug":"two-super-hornets-have-suffered-in-flight-engine-fires-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/two-super-hornets-have-suffered-in-flight-engine-fires-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Super Hornets have suffered in-flight engine fires this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Super Hornets have suffered in-flight engine fires this month<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geoff Ziezulewicz, Navy Times, 24.9.2020<\/a><\/p>\n

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A F\/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11 suffered an in-engine fire on Sept. 21,, the second airborne engine fire mishap to afflict a Super Hornet in recent weeks. (Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A F\/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11 suffered an in-engine fire on Sept. 21,, the second airborne engine fire mishap to afflict a Super Hornet in recent weeks. (Navy)
\nA Virginia-based F\/A-18F Super Hornet jet suffered an in-flight engine fire during training on Monday, the second such mishap in recent weeks, officials have confirmed.<\/p>\n

The jet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Oceana, experienced \u201ca brief in-flight engine fire\u201d near the Virginia Capes at about noon during training, Naval Air Force Atlantic spokeswoman Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg said.<\/p>\n

The jet landed safely and there were no injuries, she said.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s Class A aviation mishap follows a similar airborne engine fire Sept. 10 on a Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 103 that was also flying a training mission near the Virginia Capes and assigned to NAS Oceana.<\/p>\n

Cragg declined to say whether officials have any reason to believe the mishaps shared a similar cause.<\/p>\n

A F\/A-18F Super Hornet made an emergency landing earlier this month after an in-flight engine fire. A Super Hornet is shown here in 2013. (Navy)<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, it is too early to speculate the causal factors for the in-flight engine fire with both VFA-103 and VFA-11, but an investigation will determine the contributing factors,\u201d Cragg said, adding that there has been no impact to ongoing training.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s mishap was the sixth involving a Super Hornet jet this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, according to Navy data.<\/p>\n

That comprises half of the 12 Fiscal 2020 manned and unmanned mishaps in the Class A category, which denotes more than $2.5 million in damages, severe injury or loss of life.<\/p>\n

[Editor\u2019s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the damage threshold for a Class A mishap.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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