- I-Navy ibilokhu iqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza eDeath Valley National Park kusukela ngawo-1930.
- Le ngozi yendiza yempi yenzeke ngabo-3 ntambama ngo-Okthoba 4 futhi ingeka-Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9.
- Uhlobo olufanayo lwendiza - indiza yezindiza i-F / A-18F - yaphahlazeka eDeath Valley ngo-2019 endaweni ebizwa ngeStar Wars Canyon.
Lokhu kungokwesibili indiza yempi yamasosha aseMelika yaphahlazeka e-Death Valley National Park eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule. Ngokuvamile izindiza zokuqeqeshelwa ezempi azivunyelwe ngaphezu kwamapaki kazwelonke, kepha-ke, lesi sigaba saseDeath Valley lapho kwenzeke khona izingozi zakamuva sabekwa njengendawo yabo lapho iCongress yengeza le ndawo epaki eminyakeni engama-3 eyedlule. I-Navy ibilokhu iqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza lapha kusukela ngawo-27.
Ukuphahlazeka kwendiza yempi kwenzeke ngabo-3 ntambama ngo-Okthoba 4 futhi bekungeyesikhungo Sokuhlolwa Komoya kanye Nokuhlolwa (VX) 9. Ngenhlanhla, umshayeli wendiza ukwazile ukukhipha ngempumelelo futhi welashelwa ukulimala okuncane esibhedlela eLas Vegas futhi kukhishwe.
Ku-2019, le ndiza efanayo, i-F / A-18F Super Hornet, yaphahlazeka eRainbow Canyon, ebizwa nangokuthi yiStar Wars Canyon, endaweni esentshonalanga yepaki eyaziwa ngokuthi yiFata Crowly Vista Point. Ngeshwa, le ngozi ibulale uLieutenant Charles Z. Walker yaphinde yalimaza nabathile abebesondele.
Izindonga ze-Star Wars Canyon zakhiwe nge-limetone ye-Paleozoic metamorphosed nelinye idwala le-pyroclastic. Le nhlanganisela yezinto zokwenziwa kwamatshe yakha izindonga ezibomvu, ezimpunga, nezibomvana ezifana neplanethi ye-Star Wars eqanjiwe iTatooine, yingakho igama lesidlaliso.
Yindawo ethandwayo yokubona izindiza ukuthatha izindiza zempi zaseMelika ezenza ukuqeqeshwa okundiza kancane njengoba zikhuphuka emhosheni omncane weDeath Valley. Azikho izivakashi zepaki ezalimala lapho kwenzeka khona le ngozi eduze kwaseNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake, engasemngceleni wepaki eningizimu-ntshonalanga.
Izindiza zezindiza ngesivinini esidabula umhosha ku-200 kuya ku-300 mph futhi lapho undiza ngamamitha angaphansi kwamamitha angama-200 ngaphezu kwephansi lomhosha, kusengamamitha angamakhulu ambalwa kuphela ngaphansi kwezingqapheli ezisemgqeni. Ababona ngezindiza basondele kakhulu ezindizeni kangangokuthi bavame ukubona ubuso babashayeli bezindiza, abathi, ababophezele ukunikeza ukuthinta okuthile nezimpawu kubalindi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In 2019, this same aircraft, the F/A-18F Super Hornet, crashed in Rainbow Canyon, also referred to as Star Wars Canyon, in a western area of the park known as Father Crowly Vista Point.
- The crash of the fighter jet happened at around 3 pm on October 4 and belonged to the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9.
- Fighter jets speed through the canyon at 200 to 300 mph and when flying as low as 200 feet above the canyon floor, they are still only several hundred feet below observers on the rim.
