ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90116
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| Date: | Monday 14 February 2011 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) |
| Registration: | 10202 |
| MSN: | 61-349/M19-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lae Hu Kwang -
 Thailand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Korat RTAFB, Nakhon Ratchasima (NAK/VTUQ) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two F-16 jet fighters of the 102 Squadron, 1 Wing, Royal Thai Air Force (10202 and 10212) have crashed during the US-Thai military exercise, but two of its pilots have already been rescued.
According to Air Vice Marshall Sanchukorn Monton, the two F-16 got lost on the radar screens at around 10:20 am, after four of them had flown from an air force base in Nakhon Ratchasima province for a military exercise together with the U.S. Air Force as part of the Cobra Gold 2011 war game.
The air force have also immediately executed the search and rescue mission and saw the two F-16 which crashed near Tat Ton waterfall, between Lae Hu Kwang and Wang Phon villages in Tambon Tha Hin Ngom, in Muang district of Chaiyaphum province, and the two pilots were immediately rescued, who have managed to eject before the plane crash.
Sources:
https://earlcebedo.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/2-f-16-jet-fighters-of-thailand-crashed-two-pilots-survived/
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1009/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2011 15:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Feb-2011 15:13 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 14-Feb-2011 15:30 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2011 18:18 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 01-Dec-2013 07:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2014 09:17 | Zeeland | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2015 10:31 | Oezil | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jul-2021 11:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code] |
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