Due to a �major� problem in a F-16i, a pilot and navigator taking part in routine training exercises in southern Israel were compelled to turn off the plane�s engines and make an emergency landing. Officials report the decision to kill the engine in midflight is indicative of the seriousness of the problem, adding such a landing is not simple, requiring the crew to use all its skill to manually land the craft.
After deciding there was no fear of a problem with the fleet of the advanced fighter plan, the decision was made to permit continued training operations on Thursday morning.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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The photo is of an F-15
And an F-16 has only one engine.
Here is an official Israeli Air Force picture of the Sufa (F-161):
http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/ArtArch/ArtArch.IN.aspx?lang=HE&folderID=47&subfolderID=2196&docfolderID=2196&lobbyID=40&docID=29048
Wow looks like advanced planes- I wonder why such a fault happened?
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