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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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291 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.332s | source
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dfox ◴[27 Aug 25 15:03 UTC] No.45040695[source]▶
The article is somewhat sensationalistic. If you read the actual report you will find out that:

The pilot was not part of the conference call!

What froze was not hydraulic fluid for actuators (in some hydraulic line), but hydraulic fluid in the shock absorbers.

The last paragraph of the article and seems to be missing a few words and reads as the investigators blaming the people directly involved, which is essentially a complete opposite of what conclusions of the report say.

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1. etler ◴[27 Aug 25 20:39 UTC] No.45044912[source]▶
The call was being relayed to the pilot by the flight supervisor. While he wasn't "on" the call, I think it's fair to say he was "part" of the call. He's still getting live tech support and trying to trouble shoot the plane while flying it. He had an intermediary but I don't think that totally changes the scenario.