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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: 0.207s | source
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shrubble ◴[27 Aug 25 13:40 UTC] No.45039529[source]▶
If a third of the hydraulic fluid was water, it was like that meme video of the woman who added washer fluid to the car’s oil - no way was that going to work properly.
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estearum ◴[27 Aug 25 14:22 UTC] No.45040129[source]▶
I'm surprised no one is mentioning this, and the fact the article says this is the second of such incidents...

I don't know if this is what actually happened, but it would appear to be a very effective method of sabotage... Simply putting some water in the hydraulic fluid container destined for an F35 is an extremely high risk-adjusted ROI for any saboteurs.

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fransje26 ◴[27 Aug 25 15:01 UTC] No.45040661[source]▶
> very effective method of sabotage.

No need for sabotage on the F-35. It's perfectly capable of destroying itself without any third-party interference.

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1. mrguyorama ◴[27 Aug 25 21:41 UTC] No.45045649[source]▶
The F35 is deployed at scale and has fairly normal accident rates for a new, maintenance heavy plane. You just don't hear about every single F16 that crashes.