He sounds so bored. Even when he said he'd have to punch out, he said it with mild annoyance more than anything. Kudos to that computer though, just crashed and it was more concerned about the lack of fuel than anything.
@@microdesigns2000 until I tell it that I'm still the captain now! Then it chills out, and then SEALS show up and I haven't been able to get past that part.
TH-cam always recommends to me videos I just watched a hour earlier. One time every video in my recommendations had the red line across the bottom indication i had watched them all, all the way through. I have to click "not interested" and then "Tell Us Why" and then "I've already watched the video", dozens of times everyday. I guarantee after watching this all the way through, when I go back to recommendations, it will have this video listed. They really need to fix this.
What I love about this one is the ability to identify a professional, well trained and focused pilot by physiological cues that are involuntary and give a true representation of the pilots control of the situation, his respiratory rate and depth. It never changes from happy sunny day to time of ejection. Many emergency situations HUD videos of this era will show an immediate and pronounced onset of near hyperventilation from those, along with nearly every human alive, who are controlled by their fight or flight rather than in control of it.
@Todd Sin Ehhhh, can't agree with you there. It may be true that he does a good job of controlling his respirations, but it didn't do anything for his situational awareness or "control of the situation." He makes a left turn onto short final at over 350 knots!!!! And touches down at something like 260 knots. Both with an engine fire. Had he been capable of making a sober assessment during the first five minutes of the incident, he had ample time to realize that his approach was completely busted. I'm not claiming I would've done better, I'm just claiming that you're mistaken to say he correctly evaluated his situation. He could've and should've gotten out shortly after realizing that he had a persistent fire.
@@deltamike2154 With an engine out, he’d wouldn’t of been able to make a turn to go around at low-altitude, safely anyway. Besides that, at the end of the HUD tape the bingo fuel warning plays. Even without the fire, he wouldn’t of had much fuel to spare to go around and redo the approach. I think he was in control of the situation and he made the best choice. Sorry for the late reply, lol.
@@alisardar9149 The engine fire probably caused a loss of almost all thrust. He’d want as much speed as possible to avoid stalling before he gets to the runway. With a potentially catastrophic fire, he wouldn’t have time to turn to bleed speed or go around. More of a ‘get this down as fast as possible’ kind of thing.
@@moistman6930 all around pretty bad situation. The pilot also ignored the checklist for this situation. The checklist for a F15A shows if engine fire persists after attempting to extinguish eject. The co pilot was kind of hinting around about this but the pilot ignored. CW Lemoine did a really good break down of this video. The pilot should have pointed the jet in a safe direction and ejected once they realized the engine was still on fire.
I was on Interstate 95 one night, and I came up on a Semi pulling a Reefer(No, not that kind of "Reefer." Lol..... A Refrigerated Trailer, is called a Reefer.) trailer. Unfortunately for him, the curbside rear hub on his trailer was glowing red hot and caught fire. The only thing keeping the fire at bay, was the airflow from traveling at 65 mph. No sooner than he would have stopped, that trailer would have gone up in flames...!!!! He had to coordinate with DOT and the upcoming county's Fire Dept., to keep that from happening. Stakes were a tad bit higher with the F-15 though, I'd say...lol.
It's actually just all the different renderings and compressions it's been through before finally being messed with on youtube. I promise you. When they extract the video from the aircrafts systems...it's perfectly clear on their screens.
Perfect training kicked in. Pilot had balls and nerves of steel! He did everything right. No way to save the F-15. I was a goner from the start. He was lucky to survive. The price of a pilots life over the cost of the jet is a no brainer. He's a trained fighter pilot. Invaluable! A single life saved, is invaluable, no matter who and/or what they are. The aircraft can be replaced. A life can not.
@@jefffreeman8905 Yep. What's really bad is that his plane crashed and smashed across the runway's perimeter road and a major state highway, thank god that crashing plane didn't kill any motorists. The decision-making here was very poor. I'll concede that he had a poor team behind him that was telling him to do stupid things, but he should've intervened. He's the Aircraft Commander, the course of action is ultimately up to him. It should've occurred to him that his brake energies would be off the charts high and he'd never get the jet stopped.
As a pilot, his checklist said to eject as he should have done according to SOP. In the F-15, right in front of you, is the checklist for engine fires and the procedure that is to be followed. The procedure lists one word for this situation and that word was EJECT! Landing at 275 kts is nuts.The stars were aligned for this very foolish but very lucky pilot. There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots. I still commend and honor him for his service to our country and am very happy he is OK.
Nah his checklist told him to eject right away and he ignored it which is very dangerous because if the fire burns through he could lose control of the aircraft. And he tried to land at 300 knots lmao
@@billjamison2877 I've heard he got dismissed for improper Crew Resource Management and later on got dismissed from a commercial airline..then he passed away in a traffic accident a year or two ago.
i was always under the impression that you cannot eject from an aircraft at ground height, the ejection seat cannot get you from ground level to a height were parachutes can fully unfurl, so you would basically smash into the ground while attached to a heavy ejection seat... is that not true? also, i know the aircraft was on fire AND at the end of the runway but wouldnt it have been safer to ride out the crash into the dirt and then get out? or would the plane disintegrate?
I know early ejector seats were like that, however the newer ones are classified as something like "zero/zero" (i dont know what's it's actually called) but it means you can eject from zero altitude and zero speed.
His ejection decision was sound, it's a zero/zero seat. When he actuated in-frame fire extinguishers and his tail-end kept burning, he should've followed the checklist, pointed the jet toward an empty field, and ejected. Coming in at 260 knots is the height of stupidity. This video is used as an example of what not do. This guy and his team showed a lot of balls but their IQs took a vacation.
The landing gear tire rubber problem is way more severe. When you try to brake at _that_ speed it will just overheat and you'll slide across the runway with little friction on a liquid rubber pad (as long as you have some rubber to hold the pressure inside). I understand his desire to touch down AFAP but I honestly don't know of how he envisioned stopping his fighter.
At that speed, his brakes would immediately disintegrate. Also, his tires are not rated for anything close to 260 knots, they immediately shredded upon contact with the runway. Even attempting this was the height of stupidity.
thanks to the USAFs training he was in good shape. I would've aimed for the very end of the runway and when the plane slowed down enough id open the canopy and jump away from the burning plane before the fire gets any worse
Touched down at 260-270KTS. Of course he ran off the runway. Whiteman has a long runway (12400') but not enough for that. Maybe Edwards with 15K + the lakebed.
@@gonun69 That's nothing to do with it, never is, and never has been. Pilot has one concern at this point, saving HIS life. Ejections are risky and only a very last resort. Better to try a landing if you can.
@@gonun69 Lots of empty field = low risk. This guy disregarded boldface emergency procedure and it cost him his career. Thank god he didn't kill anybody when his plane smashed across the runway's perimeter road and a major state highway at over 200 knots. What was that about high-risk again?
@Marius Cramer shut up with toyr technical bullshit, the f-15 lands at 130-150 knots witch is at least 240km/h, witch is FAST ASF, so I'm 100% right,you land fast or you fall
@@treelonmusk8324 youre not 100% right, the others are talking about speeds relative to the landing speeds, which the pilot exceeded by 100 knots, which is why he couldnt stop. Perhaps he was heavy because he still had too much fuel, perhaps he was in a rush to get on the ground, either way landing 'fast' doesnt often end well.
@@slickstrings your so stupid tho😂 no matter what a jet is landing fast and theres nothing you can say thays differnt, lowest landing speed for a jet is 130 knots, thays fast as fuck it's like 240km/h, not my fault all u muscle boud military guys cant read😂💕
Does the F-15 not have fire suppression system? I worked on 130's we have them. After pulling emergency shut down handle if fire still burned, you popped suppression bottle to smother fire with foam. Any crew chiefs with an answer?
No, most fighters don't. You just shutdown the engine for a confirmed fire and hope it stops it. The A-10 is one of the few fighters with an actual fire suppression system.
Overtemp is a different circuit. Likely when slowing down the fire stagnated and the left engine bay began to sense the temperature rising that while in the air, the airflow was flushing out . . .
The left engine was damaged when the jet went of the end of the runway at over 150 knots. That caused the gear to collapse and damage the left engine. Notice that you do not hear the over temp message till after he goes off the end of the runway and you see that the camera was then at ground level.
@@mikeyo4406 - I remember we would worry most when the fire light went out. Did it mean the fire was out? More often than not, it meant the fire had burned through the sensor or wiring, thus the sitution was getting worse.
There must be a reason he came in that fast, right? He sounded as though he had pretty good situational awareness. His wingman did suggest side slipping with no reply.
I wondered that myself not sure possibly damage to the Hydraulics maybe he couldn't get the flaps to work possibly he was coming in with no power maybe thought if you shut down them both the engine fire would go out I'm not sure
Coming in that fast was incredibly stupid. This ended his career. If his team kept their careers (which is anything but certain), they're now subject-matter experts on checklist-discipline after training half the Air Force on it. Now we know why the -1 pilot manual says that if you actuate in-frame fire extinguishers and the tail-end keeps burning, you point the jet somewhere safe and eject. I'm just glad that his crashing jet didn't kill anybody after crashing across the runway's perimeter road and a state highway at over 200 MPH. This video is used in training as a prime example of what not to do.
People are asking why the pilot came in hot for his landing. Remember, he has an engine fire that won’t go out. His wingman asked him to confirm that his afterburner was not lit. So, it’s fair to assume that the fire was causing some degree of unwanted thrust and may have also caused damage to other systems precluding a normal landing.
-1 says shut down affect engine in question, if fire does not stop, EJECT. We use this video for what NOT to do. Should have found nearest body of water and preformed a mode 2 ejection.
Antares Yes, the air Force now uses this video in their training as everything that you should not do. fly the plane first, communicate later, he came in at over a hundred knots too fast because his wingman put him in a panic with all that talk about stagnating flame the brakes faded and were not going to stop that jet at 275 knots he could have slowed to approach speed or even slower and stayed on the runway without overshooting it, and his wingman should have shut his mouth and let him fly the plane with minimal amount of traffic needed on the radio but it was jabber jabber jabber the all the time, I live 26 miles south of white men directly in the flight path of their aircraft and I see the f-15s and BTS come in and out all the time but never seen one in distress
Mike o Actually I read the Air Force Accident Review Board report and those were the final conclusions that were made by the board. I'm addition the pilot suffered some Spinal Compression injuries but that happens in 1 out of 3 ejects so that's not surprising
I have zero piloting experience but I'd guess that they wanted the plane on the ground ASAP in case the other engine dies (IIRC the F15 is more a rocket with wings than a plane). Protocol is probably such that losing control of the aircraft on the runway is better than losing it while taking more time to drop speed because it may endanger the public.
probably because having 1 engine out, if he came in on normal Vref speed, the plane would have been a bit out of control very close to the ground, so keeping his speed up on final ensured him more control of the aircraft but a longer landing roll.
There went 100 million dollars. I don't blame him for ejecting. Nothing else he could do at that point. If I owned a 100 million dollar jet, I'd die trying to land and save it. Even if logically I knew it was going to crash with or without me in it, I'd find it difficult to give up on a 100 million dollar jet and eject.
Any reason he touched down so fast? I understand he was on fire, but if he made it that far, he probably could have lasted a little longer and slowed below 250, or am I missing something?
@Rata 4U you can't know what's going throgth the man's mind but I think this type of thinking is wrong. Most military clothing has some level of fire resistance, and he has oxygen supply and is fully covered including gloves, helmet and breathing mask and boots, he should have enougth time to see that the fire is increasing rapidly and eject even from a standstill. So the only fear is an explosion, which would be more likely to happen on touchdown or earlier or in the first brake action. Also I'd like to point out he didn't do any sort of aerobrakeing which likely decresed his chances of stopping
I don’t know exactly how an F-15 works but shutting down an engine may mean he lost hydraulic pressure to the brakes. Depends how the hydraulic systems are driven.
@@nitaihat12 looked weird, when he landed, he just seemed to coast at around 200knts for a very long time after touching down, maybe burned threw hydraulics to his brakes
He landed over speed on purpose. Normally you can put a fire out by increasing thrust through the shut down engine. You basically blast it out. When the jet stayed actively on fire he kept the speed up and landed as fast as possible so he could get out, rather than risk blowing up or having to eject over populated area and dropping the jet on homes/people. Dude made about 1000 decisions in the span of about four minutes and saved himself, anyone below him, and, surprisingly, the airplane. Major props.
That would require an arrestor cable those are generally only on aircraft carriers. Not to say that there is nowhere on the ground I'm sure there's some place. But I haven't heard of any
Mike o f-15s have hooks and most AF bases have arrest or cables for damaged aircraft. Where he landed in particular, did not have a hook apparently. He requested a hook in the video tho.
You still absolutely have to coordinate with air traffic so they know you're coming and to have crash fire & rescue ready. My best guess, it sounded like a flight of 2 F15s, and when the guy declared an emergency, the pilot we watched only focused on his own plane and comms with his wingman, while the wingman (possibly flight lead) coordinated with atc as well as helped the pilot though his emergency procedures
No. Communication in an emergency situation is vital and these guys did a very good job in my opinion. The bleeder is the leader. The pilot without problems assists as necessary and will usually follow in a trail position. That’s exactly how this flight handled this particular emergency.
Aviate, navigate, communicate. Always in that order. No matter what. BUT, when nothing absolutely important is happening, especially with fighters, wingmen help troubleshoot because the pilot almost certainly can't start going through the manuals for checklists and procedures.
Interesting how many comments here are saying "perfect training", "such a professional pilot" when the pilot actually broke protocol and tried to be a hero, and failed th-cam.com/video/sGwPObO0x9Q/w-d-xo.html. Maybe this just wasn't this pilot's day.
Dude was shooting for a Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantly saving equipment, when all he accomplished was losing his wings and retiring under a cloud. Pretty lousy end to a nice career, I heard that he had several thousand hours in the jet, was very senior, and was a well-known and liked leader. Boy did he blow it that day.
Shit, I started sweating.. But, I like Viper IP, I have flown with Luke Skywalker and flew the X-Wing along with the Naboo N-1 starfighter, either one of them had no ejection seat, in space it would not do any good.. But like Viper IP, I could have landed them with no problem, because I used to pilot for Howard Hughes! Oh, by the way, damn good job of not dropping it on someone's head!
Learn something from the Pakistan Airforce Pilot who landed his F-16 after fuel line exploded and took out half the engine. He managed to glide for a long time at night and managed to land safely without ejecting. US pilots do not care about the taxpayers money...Fuck it...just eject..we will get another aircraft.
His EPU would've only lasted a few minutes and the F-16 glides like a brick, your story sounds like bullshit to be honest. Also, nearly killing yourself in an attempt to save equipment on a stateside peacetime mission = STUPID.
I blame the idiot that made him think of coming as as fast as possible. You have to stop sometime. I met a lot of meathead AF pilots and this squadon makes it an art form. Any student that did that would be washed out right away - even in an actual emergency.
Millions and the stupid thing can only tell you there's a problem AFTER it's happened! He even had to confirm with someone God knows how many miles away. You people depend on tech too much. But if would help if you found yourselves a good tech in the first place! Lol
Looks to me like a bit of a 'Fail'!! Incorrect Drills, Wingman distracting at critical moment, Not Sorting his speed out (Should be about 160 Kts NOT 260!!). Could have successfully landed, just by slowing down sooner (or at all). Wingman should have prompted him about his excessive speed. I bet they both got fried in the inquiry. But Hey, what do I know?, I only flew Vipers! (F16s)
Alternative to not flying home fast was to lose controls, and definitely lose the aircraft. His only chance at saving the aircraft is getting it down fast. He was abit too fast to stop of course, but at least the aircraft was wrecked safely, and not dropped on somebodies head as could easily have happened if he'd taken his time about things.
You heard the wingman say he feared the fire spreading rapidly as the plane slowed down on landing as the airflow through the engine decreased. Perhaps the excess landing speed was him trying to avoid that.
Sorry for all of you guys that think this pilot did good but Viper IP is spot on. The HUD indication on the left hand side is his airspeed and he touched down at roughly 260-275 knots. WAAAY too fast. I don't know the specs on the F-15 landing gear but anything beyond 300 knots is an overspeed of the F-16 landing gear. Meaning that you are not even supposed to have the landing gear extended at that high of a speed. Let alone trying to land an aircraft. Him not setting up the aircraft for a proper landing is why it was crashed not the engine fire. If you pork up an approach that badly you go around. Regardless of the IFE that was not a landing that could ever be successfully made by ANY pilot.
Cian Broderick LOL do you even know what bingo fuel is for? Trust me if he gets his bingo warning and he is AT the airbase he wants to land at with good weather (looked good on the tape) then yes you can go around. Fuel quantity wasn't his concern it was the engine on fire. Regardless of any of those side points it still is a text book example of a porked approach to an airbase.
he was worried that if he slowed down the fire would spread if he slowed down as there would be no more wind blowing on the fire and fighting it, i think he had the right idea comeing in for the landing above the speed he normally would, but he should have slowed down more at the last moment and delay the gear extention as much as possibole. baseically come in as fast as safe and slow down to the limits at the last chance
Stubbies2003 first i like thank all of these men and woman for there Service. 2nd all of you fuckers saying he should have done this or that fuck you . i love to see you ass hats in this guys situation making split decisions well trying not to die .
Being a Monday morning quarterback...he DID NOT NEED TO PUNCH OUT !! ! !! He clearly could have rode out the overshoot and brought the aircraft to rest. He must have been going what,
The hud is clearly showing he's 200kts when touching down, so the only "rest" he could've brought to the aircraft, and himself, would've been eternal. This is a very used accident case for formation purposes "F-15A, 76-0061, 110th FS out of Whiteman AFB. Crashed 9 November, 1995" The punchout at the end was pretty much the only optimal thing he did, while the rest of the procedure was globally bad decision making, wrong advice from airborne entourage and a limited ability do to things correctly, with a single engine, and an active fire (+reduced brake hydraulics due to the engine cutoff, and probably fire damage). Please refrain from interpreting things you don't understand, or just check some info on what you dont understand to be able to grasp what really happens. If you really thing he ejected at 50mph, you are blind as well as misinformed.
He took a huge risk not punching as soon as fire was confirmed. Obviously he made it back to the ground safely, but hind sight is 20/20. He's super lucky to be alive. He should have pointed the jet to some farm land and punched, he took a huge risk here. I'm just glad that he made it home safe.
Of course it isn't risk free. Neither is your jet being on fire!!!! There's a reason the checklist says if there's a fire to eject immediately!! You're saying he made the right call cause he made it back but theres no guarantee he would. He literally violated safety protocols and orders by doing what he did. I'm glad he lived and made it back. But you are 100% wrong!!! Ask any Air Force or Navy pilot!!
@@thelmaviaduct on TH-cam look up C.W. Lemoine F-15A Hud video breakdown. He was an Airforce F-16 pilot and a Navy pilot as well and he breaks down this exact video. Watch that and tell me he still made the right call. You have no clue what you're talking about
Scot Rule - F-15A, 76-0061, 110th FS out of Whiteman AFB. Crashed 9 November, 1995, pilot ejected with _minor_ injuries. Dunno where you get your info from, but you might want to find another source.
Glad this type of shit never happens when I’m driving my hornet home from work.
You drive a Hornet and it hasn't caught on fire, YET ?
ROTFLMAO!
Same here with my pristine AMC Pacer. It's the little things in life.
If I had a nickel
The benefit of frequent oil changes every 5,000 miles.
"Smashes the fuel tank across the grass"
Bingo fuel! [Low fuel warning]
He sounds so bored.
Even when he said he'd have to punch out, he said it with mild annoyance more than anything.
Kudos to that computer though, just crashed and it was more concerned about the lack of fuel than anything.
Yea he just lost his plane and the paperwork and interviews/interrogations will commence lol
Ya it reminds me of when I don't turn when Google maps tells me to. It starts repeating "make a u-turn", "make a u-turn".
@@microdesigns2000 until I tell it that I'm still the captain now!
Then it chills out, and then SEALS show up and I haven't been able to get past that part.
The check engine light came on in my car and started beeping so I ejected at the end of my driveway this one time.
Really wow. You are a hero.
The HUD camera's life flashed before its eyes at the end there.
Meanwhile on DCS. Seems like a good landing to me. He got the runway!?
lol xD I mean I can't see the problem here :p
he was going 250 kt wen he touched the runway normal landing speed is more like 150 , he could not stop in time so he ejected
@@johnsmith-yj2cn oooooooooooooh reeeeaaaaallllllyyyyy???
apart from this, dont you wish we had "warning.. FTIT overtemp left"in DCS? I would preorder it day zero..
IKR - looks like every single one of my landings!
"Coming in hot" takes on new meaning...
"Bingo Fuel!! - Overtemp, Left!!" - Betty, at this point - GFYS!!!
2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18: Nothing.
TH-cam algorithm in 2019: Let's recommend this to everyone
To be honest I have been watching DCS World videos.
That was pretty original
"BINGO FUEL!" - You ain't kiddin'.
Jesus Christ TH-cam, I’m watching it now. Stop recommending
TH-cam always recommends to me videos I just watched a hour earlier. One time every video in my recommendations had the red line across the bottom indication i had watched them all, all the way through. I have to click "not interested" and then "Tell Us Why" and then "I've already watched the video", dozens of times everyday. I guarantee after watching this all the way through, when I go back to recommendations, it will have this video listed. They really need to fix this.
What I love about this one is the ability to identify a professional, well trained and focused pilot by physiological cues that are involuntary and give a true representation of the pilots control of the situation, his respiratory rate and depth. It never changes from happy sunny day to time of ejection. Many emergency situations HUD videos of this era will show an immediate and pronounced onset of near hyperventilation from those, along with nearly every human alive, who are controlled by their fight or flight rather than in control of it.
@Todd Sin Ehhhh, can't agree with you there. It may be true that he does a good job of controlling his respirations, but it didn't do anything for his situational awareness or "control of the situation." He makes a left turn onto short final at over 350 knots!!!! And touches down at something like 260 knots. Both with an engine fire. Had he been capable of making a sober assessment during the first five minutes of the incident, he had ample time to realize that his approach was completely busted.
I'm not claiming I would've done better, I'm just claiming that you're mistaken to say he correctly evaluated his situation. He could've and should've gotten out shortly after realizing that he had a persistent fire.
@@deltamike2154 With an engine out, he’d wouldn’t of been able to make a turn to go around at low-altitude, safely anyway. Besides that, at the end of the HUD tape the bingo fuel warning plays. Even without the fire, he wouldn’t of had much fuel to spare to go around and redo the approach. I think he was in control of the situation and he made the best choice. Sorry for the late reply, lol.
@@moistman6930 why couldn't he land at much lower speed?
@@alisardar9149 The engine fire probably caused a loss of almost all thrust. He’d want as much speed as possible to avoid stalling before he gets to the runway. With a potentially catastrophic fire, he wouldn’t have time to turn to bleed speed or go around. More of a ‘get this down as fast as possible’ kind of thing.
@@moistman6930 all around pretty bad situation. The pilot also ignored the checklist for this situation. The checklist for a F15A shows if engine fire persists after attempting to extinguish eject. The co pilot was kind of hinting around about this but the pilot ignored. CW Lemoine did a really good break down of this video. The pilot should have pointed the jet in a safe direction and ejected once they realized the engine was still on fire.
6:08 "Beep", Bingo fuel, "beep-beep", Bingo fuel, Bing ...Overtemp, Left , Warning, "F.T.I.T.", Overtemp, Left, Bingo fuel, "beep-beep-beep"=Bing....
Pilot to Computer Lady - "No shit, bitch."
Yeah, I can hear.
Bungo fuel I think you have more importing problems than bingo fuel
all the sudden President Trumps head pops in the side of the vid "BINGBING BONG BONG BINGBING!"
Kaboo! Kaboo! (Asian pilots respond)
Siri sounded so lonely at the end there.
Glad he Made it out another life Saved with the ACES II ejection seat
Thank god for 0-0
@@DeltaEntropy lol you can say that again
The calmness in these aviators voices is something that only comes from mil training 👏🏼
talk to the hand, betty...
Fire in the engine...
>overtemp left, bingo fuel, soldier
I was on Interstate 95 one night, and I came up on a Semi pulling a Reefer(No, not that kind of "Reefer." Lol..... A Refrigerated Trailer, is called a Reefer.) trailer. Unfortunately for him, the curbside rear hub on his trailer was glowing red hot and caught fire. The only thing keeping the fire at bay, was the airflow from traveling at 65 mph. No sooner than he would have stopped, that trailer would have gone up in flames...!!!! He had to coordinate with DOT and the upcoming county's Fire Dept., to keep that from happening. Stakes were a tad bit higher with the F-15 though, I'd say...lol.
100% higher
@@treelonmusk8324 More like 20000% higher.
Noble effort. Glad they got out!
Ok pilot so calm what a professional
what a madlad
Pro, iron nerves.
Fake... He couldn't have gotten off the ground with those balls of steel
They pay multi million dollars for a jet fighter and install a potato for a camera.
It's actually just all the different renderings and compressions it's been through before finally being messed with on youtube. I promise you. When they extract the video from the aircrafts systems...it's perfectly clear on their screens.
nick4819
You are most probably right.......I'm just looking at it from the end user point of view.
Having a minor sulk.😁
Don't knock the pinnacle of 1970s camera technology!!!!
Nice landing btw, but the jet didn't stop so he had to eject, seems he did all he can to save the jet, well done.
Perfect training kicked in. Pilot had balls and nerves of steel! He did everything right. No way to save the F-15. I was a goner from the start. He was lucky to survive. The price of a pilots life over the cost of the jet is a no brainer. He's a trained fighter pilot. Invaluable! A single life saved, is invaluable, no matter who and/or what they are. The aircraft can be replaced. A life can not.
The checklist literally ends with "Eject" on engine fires. So he should have ejected without trying to land.
@@jefffreeman8905
Yep. What's really bad is that his plane crashed and smashed across the runway's perimeter road and a major state highway, thank god that crashing plane didn't kill any motorists. The decision-making here was very poor. I'll concede that he had a poor team behind him that was telling him to do stupid things, but he should've intervened. He's the Aircraft Commander, the course of action is ultimately up to him. It should've occurred to him that his brake energies would be off the charts high and he'd never get the jet stopped.
Just another day at the office.
Interesting that all of the alarms start going off once the cables are severed.
Right at the end we can see the aircraft's life flash before its eyes.
Well done that pilot
As a pilot, his checklist said to eject as he should have done according to SOP. In the F-15, right in front of you, is the checklist for engine fires and the procedure that is to be followed. The procedure lists one word for this situation and that word was EJECT! Landing at 275 kts is nuts.The stars were aligned for this very foolish but very lucky pilot. There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots. I still commend and honor him for his service to our country and am very happy he is OK.
Nah his checklist told him to eject right away and he ignored it which is very dangerous because if the fire burns through he could lose control of the aircraft. And he tried to land at 300 knots lmao
@@billjamison2877 I've heard he got dismissed for improper Crew Resource Management and later on got dismissed from a commercial airline..then he passed away in a traffic accident a year or two ago.
Amazing that the HUD camera was still working sitting on the grass... lol
i was always under the impression that you cannot eject from an aircraft at ground height, the ejection seat cannot get you from ground level to a height were parachutes can fully unfurl, so you would basically smash into the ground while attached to a heavy ejection seat... is that not true?
also, i know the aircraft was on fire AND at the end of the runway but wouldnt it have been safer to ride out the crash into the dirt and then get out? or would the plane disintegrate?
I know early ejector seats were like that, however the newer ones are classified as something like "zero/zero" (i dont know what's it's actually called) but it means you can eject from zero altitude and zero speed.
@@CCWSig thanks for the very quick reply! Never heard of 0 / 0 seats
Zero/zero seats have been around for a few decades. The first couple generations of ejection seat couldn't do it, but modern ones can.
His ejection decision was sound, it's a zero/zero seat. When he actuated in-frame fire extinguishers and his tail-end kept burning, he should've followed the checklist, pointed the jet toward an empty field, and ejected. Coming in at 260 knots is the height of stupidity. This video is used as an example of what not do. This guy and his team showed a lot of balls but their IQs took a vacation.
Daaaayyyyum that was close
PIO to the max!
Landing at that speed will cause severe brake fade from overheating very quickly.
They don't have brake pads.. hydraulic pressured brakes..
@@dwizzleusa4202 And what is that hydraulic pressure acting on if not the brake pads hmm?
Dustins youtube career is over
The landing gear tire rubber problem is way more severe. When you try to brake at _that_ speed it will just overheat and you'll slide across the runway with little friction on a liquid rubber pad (as long as you have some rubber to hold the pressure inside). I understand his desire to touch down AFAP but I honestly don't know of how he envisioned stopping his fighter.
At that speed, his brakes would immediately disintegrate. Also, his tires are not rated for anything close to 260 knots, they immediately shredded upon contact with the runway. Even attempting this was the height of stupidity.
Did he make it? Is he ok?
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when you hit your elbow
I WOULD FLY WITH YOU ANY DAY MY FRIEND!!!...GREAT JOB BRINGING HER BACK IN SIR!!!!
+atcred3 he crashed... just saying
"If fire persists -
Step 5. Eject."
I like how calm the guy was. I'da pooped my pants.
thanks to the USAFs training he was in good shape. I would've aimed for the very end of the runway and when the plane slowed down enough id open the canopy and jump away from the burning plane before the fire gets any worse
bad idea, with the gear placment you'd probebly get ran over by the landing gear, that is if you don't get sucked into the engine first...
That's certainly a bit more expensive than crashing the company car 😀
Touched down at 260-270KTS. Of course he ran off the runway. Whiteman has a long runway (12400') but not enough for that. Maybe Edwards with 15K + the lakebed.
Engine fire that won’t go out - it’s time to point this candle to an unpopulated area and eject!
Lools like there were farms everywhere, pretty hight risk
@@gonun69 That's nothing to do with it, never is, and never has been. Pilot has one concern at this point, saving HIS life. Ejections are risky and only a very last resort. Better to try a landing if you can.
@@gonun69
Lots of empty field = low risk. This guy disregarded boldface emergency procedure and it cost him his career. Thank god he didn't kill anybody when his plane smashed across the runway's perimeter road and a major state highway at over 200 knots. What was that about high-risk again?
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Balls. Brass industrial size ones. Ida bailed out looooong time ago. Which Emi’s a good thing I’m not a fighter pilot.
Brass balls. Too bad he left his brains in his locker.
When you have a really bad day
Wow wouldnt even try landing that fast in dcs world
his rear wheels are destroyed... i mean so is the rest of the jet but you know
@Marius Cramer shut up with toyr technical bullshit, the f-15 lands at 130-150 knots witch is at least 240km/h, witch is FAST ASF, so I'm 100% right,you land fast or you fall
@@treelonmusk8324 youre not 100% right, the others are talking about speeds relative to the landing speeds, which the pilot exceeded by 100 knots, which is why he couldnt stop. Perhaps he was heavy because he still had too much fuel, perhaps he was in a rush to get on the ground, either way landing 'fast' doesnt often end well.
@@slickstrings your so stupid tho😂 no matter what a jet is landing fast and theres nothing you can say thays differnt, lowest landing speed for a jet is 130 knots, thays fast as fuck it's like 240km/h, not my fault all u muscle boud military guys cant read😂💕
@Will.J you gonna cry?
Does the F-15 not have fire suppression system? I worked on 130's we have them. After pulling emergency shut down handle if fire still burned, you popped suppression bottle to smother fire with foam. Any crew chiefs with an answer?
From what I heard on the radio, it was the engine cone had caught on fire. Not sure how, but that's sounded like what he said.
No, most fighters don't. You just shutdown the engine for a confirmed fire and hope it stops it. The A-10 is one of the few fighters with an actual fire suppression system.
That sucks. But I guess with all the systems and wanting to maximize space and weight it makes sense.
@@Wendigo127 Most modern fighters, including the F15 and F18, have engine fire bottles (extinguishers).
@@Wendigo127 F15 has fire bottles (squibs).
Why make the approach at 350 kts?
Checklist said to eject right away, should have listened. Don't try and be a hero.
Maintenance gonna swap an engine, safetywire the cockpit shut, and you'll see that Falcon runnin sorties over Islamabad before you can say JP-8.
Eagle but yeah
Dude touchdown at 250 kts and expected to stop ...lol
Do these 20 million dollar jets use samsung button phone cameras?
Touch down at 280 kts............🤥
How do they keep their heart rate so steady? Crazy
Professional piolets. Takes a lot to shake them up.
Just after the video cuts out, Bitchin' Betty allegedlly says "I always knew you would leave me, you b...."
bank angle, bank angle, bank angle
Mover sent me here.
WTF, no barriers?
Bingo mate
Dam this video just made me jump out of my car at Mach 1.6 .
Can anybody answer why it was a left over temp when the right engine to my memory they said was on fire?
Overtemp is a different circuit. Likely when slowing down the fire stagnated and the left engine bay began to sense the temperature rising that while in the air, the airflow was flushing out . . .
The left engine was damaged when the jet went of the end of the runway at over 150 knots. That caused the gear to collapse and damage the left engine. Notice that you do not hear the over temp message till after he goes off the end of the runway and you see that the camera was then at ground level.
@@mikentx57 fair enough. But it was the right that was on fire right?
@@mikeyo4406 - I remember we would worry most when the fire light went out. Did it mean the fire was out? More often than not, it meant the fire had burned through the sensor or wiring, thus the sitution was getting worse.
@@gordonelwell7084 You're a fighter pilot? It sounds like it. If so, thank you for keeping myself and my family safe all our lives.
There must be a reason he came in that fast, right? He sounded as though he had pretty good situational awareness. His wingman did suggest side slipping with no reply.
He came in that fast because he had no ability to get thrust if he needed it.
Rex H #2 engine was out, #1 was still running I think.
I wondered that myself not sure possibly damage to the Hydraulics maybe he couldn't get the flaps to work possibly he was coming in with no power maybe thought if you shut down them both the engine fire would go out I'm not sure
You can see him slipping for a while before touchdown. Bank angle but keeps direction.
Coming in that fast was incredibly stupid. This ended his career. If his team kept their careers (which is anything but certain), they're now subject-matter experts on checklist-discipline after training half the Air Force on it. Now we know why the -1 pilot manual says that if you actuate in-frame fire extinguishers and the tail-end keeps burning, you point the jet somewhere safe and eject. I'm just glad that his crashing jet didn't kill anybody after crashing across the runway's perimeter road and a state highway at over 200 MPH. This video is used in training as a prime example of what not to do.
People are asking why the pilot came in hot for his landing. Remember, he has an engine fire that won’t go out. His wingman asked him to confirm that his afterburner was not lit. So, it’s fair to assume that the fire was causing some degree of unwanted thrust and may have also caused damage to other systems precluding a normal landing.
engine was shut down and fuel cut off.....no, there's basically no thrust coming from this engine
@@unusualbydefault engine was shut down, fuel cut off and bleed air disabled. No unwanted thrust from burning engine.
I'd look up how a jet engine works if I were you, bud.
-1 says shut down affect engine in question, if fire does not stop, EJECT. We use this video for what NOT to do. Should have found nearest body of water and preformed a mode 2 ejection.
Why did he land at 275 knots? Isn't that about 125 too much?
Antares Yes, the air Force now uses this video in their training as everything that you should not do. fly the plane first, communicate later, he came in at over a hundred knots too fast because his wingman put him in a panic with all that talk about stagnating flame the brakes faded and were not going to stop that jet at 275 knots he could have slowed to approach speed or even slower and stayed on the runway without overshooting it, and his wingman should have shut his mouth and let him fly the plane with minimal amount of traffic needed on the radio but it was jabber jabber jabber the all the time, I live 26 miles south of white men directly in the flight path of their aircraft and I see the f-15s and BTS come in and out all the time but never seen one in distress
@@michaeljacobs7724 wingman was probably his CO/XO
@@michaeljacobs7724 well that is certainly a possibility we all weren't there we don't know.
Mike o Actually I read the Air Force Accident Review Board report and those were the final conclusions that were made by the board. I'm addition the pilot suffered some Spinal Compression injuries but that happens in 1 out of 3 ejects so that's not surprising
@@michaeljacobs7724 very interesting, thanks
Awesome staying calm. What forced him to come in so fast?
I have zero piloting experience but I'd guess that they wanted the plane on the ground ASAP in case the other engine dies (IIRC the F15 is more a rocket with wings than a plane). Protocol is probably such that losing control of the aircraft on the runway is better than losing it while taking more time to drop speed because it may endanger the public.
probably because having 1 engine out, if he came in on normal Vref speed, the plane would have been a bit out of control very close to the ground, so keeping his speed up on final ensured him more control of the aircraft but a longer landing roll.
@@prephasfallen5168 everything you said was wrong.
Airspeed increase do to number 2 engine out.
Nothing forced him to come in that fast and the decision to do so was sheer stupidity.
There went 100 million dollars. I don't blame him for ejecting. Nothing else he could do at that point. If I owned a 100 million dollar jet, I'd die trying to land and save it. Even if logically I knew it was going to crash with or without me in it, I'd find it difficult to give up on a 100 million dollar jet and eject.
Well, an f-16 is no where near 100million. And who knows if it was even written off?
@@azonicrider32 The title says its an F-15. The cost depends on the year and the variant. It could be anywhere between 30 million and a 100 million.
Any reason he touched down so fast? I understand he was on fire, but if he made it that far, he probably could have lasted a little longer and slowed below 250, or am I missing something?
@Rata 4U you can't know what's going throgth the man's mind but I think this type of thinking is wrong. Most military clothing has some level of fire resistance, and he has oxygen supply and is fully covered including gloves, helmet and breathing mask and boots, he should have enougth time to see that the fire is increasing rapidly and eject even from a standstill. So the only fear is an explosion, which would be more likely to happen on touchdown or earlier or in the first brake action. Also I'd like to point out he didn't do any sort of aerobrakeing which likely decresed his chances of stopping
I don’t know exactly how an F-15 works but shutting down an engine may mean he lost hydraulic pressure to the brakes. Depends how the hydraulic systems are driven.
@@merickson20 you can see the nose sinking while he's no the runway, I belive.that the resaul t of braking so he surely has something
@@nitaihat12 looked weird, when he landed, he just seemed to coast at around 200knts for a very long time after touching down, maybe burned threw hydraulics to his brakes
You are missing a lot
I'm guessing the pilot lost hydraulics and was flying by wire - hence the lack of ground brakes
except that only the f-15 echos are fly-by-wire....and this a charlie
hence the guessing :p
is there another sort of redundancy for control surfaces on this model/separate hydraulic systems?
No cables at Whiteman
Cable would have just snapped at that speed anyway
The back side of the power curve isn’t something to fear.
f 15 not Cessna 152
Emperor of the Great Unknown You’re right. Air Force flight training must be perfect.
So these are the guys making sonic booms over my house....
Bitching Betty: 'Ouch it burns ... Ouch it burns ... God help me ... God help me.'
Thats what youd be screaming when u dont get out in time, have some respect in ur comments ur scum bag
Iso specs guess you don’t know what he means by bitching Betty 🤷♂️
@@sparkyplug28 no because I can actually use real sentences not stupid words that dont means anything:p
@@sparkyplug28 Yup ... Iso specs does not have a clue and because he's a fat mouthed jerk I will not explain it too him.
@@treelonmusk8324 Oh you wanna fight eh ? Well look somewhere else.
Landed downwind with a 24KT tailwind...if he would have landed the other direction....NO EJECTION REQUIRED.
He was probably worried about the “I’m on fire right now” problem more than he was about maneuvering upwind.
The Pilot was ok , thank God and flew a few hours later . The aircraft was repaired and flew again in less then a month after this incidence .
Um, no the jet nor pilot never flew again. I was the investigating officer.
Waaaaay too fast on final!!
He landed over speed on purpose. Normally you can put a fire out by increasing thrust through the shut down engine. You basically blast it out.
When the jet stayed actively on fire he kept the speed up and landed as fast as possible so he could get out, rather than risk blowing up or having to eject over populated area and dropping the jet on homes/people.
Dude made about 1000 decisions in the span of about four minutes and saved himself, anyone below him, and, surprisingly, the airplane.
Major props.
Lucky sob
Couldn't he have used the F-15's emergency arrestor hook to help slow the plane?
That would require an arrestor cable those are generally only on aircraft carriers. Not to say that there is nowhere on the ground I'm sure there's some place. But I haven't heard of any
That's why he asked ATC if they had a cable. The reply was "negative cable".
Mike o f-15s have hooks and most AF bases have arrest or cables for damaged aircraft. Where he landed in particular, did not have a hook apparently. He requested a hook in the video tho.
Aw hell dawg. If I wuz drivin' that Eagle, I'd have just punched out and respawned in a F-22. No-brainer ya stupid bitches.
With a pilot in distress shouldn't the rest of them be radio silence?
Sounds like two frequencies. Possible local chat and then atc radio.
You still absolutely have to coordinate with air traffic so they know you're coming and to have crash fire & rescue ready. My best guess, it sounded like a flight of 2 F15s, and when the guy declared an emergency, the pilot we watched only focused on his own plane and comms with his wingman, while the wingman (possibly flight lead) coordinated with atc as well as helped the pilot though his emergency procedures
No. Communication in an emergency situation is vital and these guys did a very good job in my opinion. The bleeder is the leader. The pilot without problems assists as necessary and will usually follow in a trail position. That’s exactly how this flight handled this particular emergency.
Aviate, navigate, communicate. Always in that order. No matter what. BUT, when nothing absolutely important is happening, especially with fighters, wingmen help troubleshoot because the pilot almost certainly can't start going through the manuals for checklists and procedures.
I still dont get how such bad quality of video is remotely useful in military operations.
why did he eject?...because he touched down 300 knots too fast....
Yes. If you recall he had a #2 engine fire that did not extinguish. I'm thinking you might be in a hurry to put that aircraft on the ground.
He ejected because he overshot the end of the runway. Could stop the jet before it ran off the end of the runway.
Interesting how many comments here are saying "perfect training", "such a professional pilot" when the pilot actually broke protocol and tried to be a hero, and failed th-cam.com/video/sGwPObO0x9Q/w-d-xo.html. Maybe this just wasn't this pilot's day.
Dude was shooting for a Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantly saving equipment, when all he accomplished was losing his wings and retiring under a cloud. Pretty lousy end to a nice career, I heard that he had several thousand hours in the jet, was very senior, and was a well-known and liked leader. Boy did he blow it that day.
Shit, I started sweating.. But, I like Viper IP, I have flown with Luke Skywalker and flew the X-Wing along with the Naboo N-1 starfighter, either one of them had no ejection seat, in space it would not do any good.. But like Viper IP, I could have landed them with no problem, because I used to pilot for Howard Hughes! Oh, by the way, damn good job of not dropping it on someone's head!
Learn something from the Pakistan Airforce Pilot who landed his F-16 after fuel line exploded and took out half the engine. He managed to glide for a long time at night and managed to land safely without ejecting. US pilots do not care about the taxpayers money...Fuck it...just eject..we will get another aircraft.
His EPU would've only lasted a few minutes and the F-16 glides like a brick, your story sounds like bullshit to be honest. Also, nearly killing yourself in an attempt to save equipment on a stateside peacetime mission = STUPID.
I guess he didn't want to use reverse thrust on one side only for the steering brake effect
There is no thrust reverse on F-15s.
Hardly any fighters have reverse thrust.
RIP
I blame the idiot that made him think of coming as as fast as possible. You have to stop sometime. I met a lot of meathead AF pilots and this squadon makes it an art form. Any student that did that would be washed out right away - even in an actual emergency.
@Christopher Schuster Idiot. "Land at 250 KIAS "is definitely not the procedure for in flight engine fire.
@@TomsSabbatical You ain't lying about the landing at 250 KIAS part.
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Millions and the stupid thing can only tell you there's a problem AFTER it's happened! He even had to confirm with someone God knows how many miles away. You people depend on tech too much. But if would help if you found yourselves a good tech in the first place! Lol
Looks to me like a bit of a 'Fail'!! Incorrect Drills, Wingman distracting at critical moment, Not Sorting his speed out (Should be about 160 Kts NOT 260!!). Could have successfully landed, just by slowing down sooner (or at all). Wingman should have prompted him about his excessive speed. I bet they both got fried in the inquiry.
But Hey, what do I know?, I only flew Vipers! (F16s)
Alternative to not flying home fast was to lose controls, and definitely lose the aircraft. His only chance at saving the aircraft is getting it down fast. He was abit too fast to stop of course, but at least the aircraft was wrecked safely, and not dropped on somebodies head as could easily have happened if he'd taken his time about things.
Viper IP shut the fuck up
Never said my food near a air force plane but I heard lots of pilots are afraid of ditching ,at least not before trying to save the aircraft
Viper is exactly right.
You heard the wingman say he feared the fire spreading rapidly as the plane slowed down on landing as the airflow through the engine decreased. Perhaps the excess landing speed was him trying to avoid that.
C.W. Lemming did a great breakdown on this vid. Turns out the pilot completely ignored the engine fire checklist.
Sorry for all of you guys that think this pilot did good but Viper IP is spot on. The HUD indication on the left hand side is his airspeed and he touched down at roughly 260-275 knots. WAAAY too fast. I don't know the specs on the F-15 landing gear but anything beyond 300 knots is an overspeed of the F-16 landing gear. Meaning that you are not even supposed to have the landing gear extended at that high of a speed. Let alone trying to land an aircraft. Him not setting up the aircraft for a proper landing is why it was crashed not the engine fire.
If you pork up an approach that badly you go around. Regardless of the IFE that was not a landing that could ever be successfully made by ANY pilot.
Cian Broderick LOL do you even know what bingo fuel is for? Trust me if he gets his bingo warning and he is AT the airbase he wants to land at with good weather (looked good on the tape) then yes you can go around. Fuel quantity wasn't his concern it was the engine on fire.
Regardless of any of those side points it still is a text book example of a porked approach to an airbase.
he was worried that if he slowed down the fire would spread if he slowed down as there would be no more wind blowing on the fire and fighting it, i think he had the right idea comeing in for the landing above the speed he normally would, but he should have slowed down more at the last moment and delay the gear extention as much as possibole. baseically come in as fast as safe and slow down to the limits at the last chance
Stubbies2003 first i like thank all of these men and woman for there Service. 2nd all of you fuckers saying he should have done this or that fuck you . i love to see you ass hats in this guys situation making split decisions well trying not to die .
You're a fucking mental midget
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Shit.
Being a Monday morning quarterback...he DID NOT NEED TO PUNCH OUT !! ! !! He clearly could have rode out the overshoot and brought the aircraft to rest. He must have been going what,
He was going 175kts/200mph
The hud is clearly showing he's 200kts when touching down, so the only "rest" he could've brought to the aircraft, and himself, would've been eternal.
This is a very used accident case for formation purposes "F-15A, 76-0061, 110th FS out of Whiteman AFB. Crashed 9 November, 1995"
The punchout at the end was pretty much the only optimal thing he did, while the rest of the procedure was globally bad decision making, wrong advice from airborne entourage and a limited ability do to things correctly, with a single engine, and an active fire (+reduced brake hydraulics due to the engine cutoff, and probably fire damage).
Please refrain from interpreting things you don't understand, or just check some info on what you dont understand to be able to grasp what really happens.
If you really thing he ejected at 50mph, you are blind as well as misinformed.
HE SHOULD OF LANDED ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.
He took a huge risk not punching as soon as fire was confirmed. Obviously he made it back to the ground safely, but hind sight is 20/20. He's super lucky to be alive. He should have pointed the jet to some farm land and punched, he took a huge risk here. I'm just glad that he made it home safe.
Horseshit, he did the right thing.
@@thelmaviaduct as I said hindsight is 20/20. That jet could've exploded any second he was flying and lost his life
@@jjones3256 ejection isn't risk free, it's last resort.
Of course it isn't risk free. Neither is your jet being on fire!!!! There's a reason the checklist says if there's a fire to eject immediately!! You're saying he made the right call cause he made it back but theres no guarantee he would. He literally violated safety protocols and orders by doing what he did. I'm glad he lived and made it back. But you are 100% wrong!!! Ask any Air Force or Navy pilot!!
@@thelmaviaduct on TH-cam look up C.W. Lemoine F-15A Hud video breakdown. He was an Airforce F-16 pilot and a Navy pilot as well and he breaks down this exact video. Watch that and tell me he still made the right call. You have no clue what you're talking about
Please add that the pilot was ok !!! What a freaking good job he s done well done sir !
@A10outof10meme Thanx wasnt shure
Actually he DID DIE, both the PIC/SIC died from their low-altitude ejections, they broke they own necks respectively.
@@scotrule6128 Oh how sad rest i peace !
@@scotrule6128 "A" model F15s do not have backseaters. And the pilot did live.
Scot Rule - F-15A, 76-0061, 110th FS out of Whiteman AFB. Crashed 9 November, 1995, pilot ejected with _minor_ injuries. Dunno where you get your info from, but you might want to find another source.
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