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2006-06-07 China-Japan-Koreas

35 Chinese electronics experts die in AWACS plane crash

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-06-07 12:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I blame Bush.

Posted by Ulash Ululet9058 2006-06-07 12:38|| 2006-06-07 12:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how much of the electronics on that plane were copied from the US Navy EP-3 from 2001?

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-06-07 12:41|| 2006-06-07 12:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The airframe's based on the IL-76. And it looks like it's a major loss...

Following the humiliation of the cancelled A-50I/Phalcon contract with Israel in 2000, China salvaged this A-50I from Israel via Russia in 2002 without the Phalcon system. It was reported that a significant amount of resources have been invested into this high-priority project at the 603 Institute/XAC/14th Institute following an executive order issued by the Chinese President. The compete system first flew on November 11, 2003 as KJ-2000 after overcoming various technical difficulities. So far 3 KJ-2000s have been converted, the newest member being B-4043. More KJ-2000 platforms are being converted from the existing Il-76MD transport fleet and fitted with AWACS systems locally without Israeli involvement. The first two KJ-2000 was handed over to PLAAF in 2005. Currently both #762 and B-4040 (?) are stationed in Zhejiang Province, facing Japan and Taiwan.

Interesting website.
http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/y-8x_sh-5_a-50i.htm

Posted by tu3031 2006-06-07 13:04|| 2006-06-07 13:04|| Front Page Top

#4 This is gonna set them back a little.

If I remember correctly, the chineese SSN/SSBN program had a similar incident where the core of the design team went out on a test cruise. The sub pulled a Thresher. The chineese still havent replaced the talent killed off by that accident.

You would think they would learn to better protect their technical experts by keeping them in the lab, and out of the field. They're hard to replace.

Posted by N guard 2006-06-07 13:32|| 2006-06-07 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 They're hard to replace.

That's why they don't have dups to do the field testing. But they're graduating 600,000 engineers each year.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-07 14:28|| 2006-06-07 14:28|| Front Page Top

#6 India has yet to rebuild their own indigenous AWACs effort after the crash of the test aircraft (nicknamed the flying chapatti) with all scientists on board lost.
They're buying 3 Phalcons from Israel (also on the Il-76 airframe)

Posted by john 2006-06-07 15:41|| 2006-06-07 15:41|| Front Page Top

#7 john: nicknamed the flying chapatti

Why the flying chapatti*? Did the radar dome cover the entire fuselage?

* That reminds me - I need to grab a bite at one of the Indian restaurants near St. Mark's Place.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-06-07 16:57|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-06-07 16:57|| Front Page Top

#8 They used a HS-748 Avro as the test platform...

Posted by john 2006-06-07 17:08|| 2006-06-07 17:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Damn, forgot to adjust the width.. mods please do the necessary...

They lost many young, talented scientists on this rubbish of an airframe.

Posted by john 2006-06-07 17:09|| 2006-06-07 17:09|| Front Page Top

#10 What would Confucius say? "He who take ride in shitty AWAC are in for a hard fall"

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-07 20:19|| 2006-06-07 20:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Oooops! ;)

Posted by Halliburton Aluminum Showers Division 2006-06-07 20:51|| 2006-06-07 20:51|| Front Page Top

#12 "Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but three times is enemy action"

Posted by Auric Goldfinger 2006-06-07 21:48|| 2006-06-07 21:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Can you say Sam Fischer.

Posted by Umphaisian 2006-06-07 23:12|| 2006-06-07 23:12|| Front Page Top

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