AMX italianos no chão e fora de operacão!
Enviado: Seg Jan 07, 2008 9:45 am
AMX jets grounded by Italian authorities
Quote:
70 Italian air force fighter jets are grounded during safety inquiry
The Associated Press Published: January 5, 2008
ROME: Authorities have grounded 70 Italian air force AMX fighter jets indefinitely for a safety investigation, the air force said Saturday.
The fighter jets are all based in Italy, air force spokesman Col. Amedeo Magnani said.
He was confirming a report in Rome daily Il Messaggero that Sardinian magistrates ordered the aircraft grounded because of numerous accidents since the jet was delivered in late 1989.
The AMX has had 12 accidents, causing a total of five deaths, since going into service, Magnani said. In one of the nonfatal accidents, the transparent canopy over the cockpit was detached from the rest of the plane, he said.
The grounding order grew out of an investigation by Sardinian prosecutors into the 2005 crash of an AMX in a field of artichokes on the island, the Italian news agency ANSA said. The pilot was not injured in that accident.
"There are elements to contend that the AMX fighter jets are dangerous, therefore not suitable for flight," ANSA quoted Cagliari Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura as saying.
Magnani said while none of the grounded jets was currently involved in any overseas mission, air force officials were still "really worried" because "this means our pilots aren't training."
The AMX — manufactured jointly by Alenia, Aermacchi and Embraer — can carry a weapons payload of 3,800 kilograms (more than 4 tons). It was used in NATO missions in Kosovo in 1999.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...ghter-Jets.php
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/amx/
Quote:
70 Italian air force fighter jets are grounded during safety inquiry
The Associated Press Published: January 5, 2008
ROME: Authorities have grounded 70 Italian air force AMX fighter jets indefinitely for a safety investigation, the air force said Saturday.
The fighter jets are all based in Italy, air force spokesman Col. Amedeo Magnani said.
He was confirming a report in Rome daily Il Messaggero that Sardinian magistrates ordered the aircraft grounded because of numerous accidents since the jet was delivered in late 1989.
The AMX has had 12 accidents, causing a total of five deaths, since going into service, Magnani said. In one of the nonfatal accidents, the transparent canopy over the cockpit was detached from the rest of the plane, he said.
The grounding order grew out of an investigation by Sardinian prosecutors into the 2005 crash of an AMX in a field of artichokes on the island, the Italian news agency ANSA said. The pilot was not injured in that accident.
"There are elements to contend that the AMX fighter jets are dangerous, therefore not suitable for flight," ANSA quoted Cagliari Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura as saying.
Magnani said while none of the grounded jets was currently involved in any overseas mission, air force officials were still "really worried" because "this means our pilots aren't training."
The AMX — manufactured jointly by Alenia, Aermacchi and Embraer — can carry a weapons payload of 3,800 kilograms (more than 4 tons). It was used in NATO missions in Kosovo in 1999.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...ghter-Jets.php
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/amx/
, mas o A1 , poderia ter sido substitudo até por uma versão sob licença do Hawk ah um bom tempo 