F-15E Accident - RAF Lakenheath had a MAJOR Class-A accident. Their jets were returning home from a 7 week deployment to Nellis, the last jet to land blew its left main tire immediately upon landing. As a result, the jet (while still in its nose up roll out configuration) severely listed and twisted to the left. At 150 knots that's not good! The jet slid sideways, nose down, and as it carreened along the side of the runway, the front end dug into the ground causing the jet to stand up on its nose. At that point, the fuselage broke apart just forward of the intakes and aft of the rear cockpit and then bent around and underneath the left side of the aircraft. When the jet finally stopped, the radome had separated from the fuselage (which now faced back towards the rear of the jet) and was laying about 20 feet away from the wreckage. The nav pod and adapter ripped off and were buried nose down in the ground. Basically the jet is trashed. The pilot received cuts, scrapes, and bruises. The WSO didn't fair as well. Both his arms were broken and he also had numerous cuts and bruises. Based on the wreckage, safety said the aircrew were lucky to be alive.

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