RMAF's PC-7 crashes, killing pilot
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Unfortunately pilot, Mej Zulrihan Jusoh, 39, was killed. My condolences to the family.
It is the 15th official crash of the PC-7, the last being that of another mk 2 on 10 Sep 2009 which unfortunately resulted in both pilots passing. Unofficial ie weasel's notes, that would be the 21st accident and the 4th involving a mk 2.
RMAF inventory:
44 PC-7s were delivered in 1982 (s/nos M33-01 to 44)
9 PC-7s Mk 2 were bought in yr 2000 for RM$133.25m (5 series upgraded to 7) (s/no M50-01 to 09)
10 PC-7s Mk 2 were bought in yr 2006 (7 series) (s/no M50-10 to 19) for RM$213.4m
There was also a separate upgrade package worth ~RM$200m with AIROD in yr 2000. -
Is RSAF planning to use this aircraft or its derivative as a basic trainer in future ?
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Royal Malaysian Air FARCE.................
let me guess.................the pilot's parachute was stolen................
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Originally posted by Sepecat:
Is RSAF planning to use this aircraft or its derivative as a basic trainer in future ?
it's a turbo-prop plane.. what use does RSAF have for these things?
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Originally posted by Sepecat:
Is RSAF planning to use this aircraft or its derivative as a basic trainer in future ?
we got the more advanced and powerful derivative - PC-21, for basic training
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More importantly, there's a very stringent safety cum maintenance programme. Lessons from the skyhawk era.
Back in the 70s/80s, there were 40+ rsaf accidents in each decade. Nowadays, the rsaf number has gone down significantly to under 1 a year. That's an accident rate under 1/2 that of rmaf whilst operating more a/c and at a higher tempo with very long ferry missions.
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Having the plane and maintenance are 2 seperate issued.....