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It sounds like something that comes straight from a zany military comedy, but I assure you that this is very real: a Belgian technician accidentally fired the cannon of a military plane during maintenance, which fired on another plane. This aircraft exploded, thus damaging the original aircraft. You talk about a bad day.
As reported by Aviation24.be, the event took place at the Florennes Air Base on October 11th. Aircraft were under repair because some were heading for a training mission. A technician from one of the F-16s accidentally pressed that big red metaphorical button and activated his six-barrel Vulcan M16A-1 gun.
Probably even before he had time to say "oh shit," another F-16AM had caught fire. This one had recently been fully refueled for a workout, and yes, the bullets hit the tank of gasoline. Oops!
And as the world is cruel, the explosion of the F-16AM also hit the plane that fired the shots.
Unfortunately, two technicians were also injured during the blast. The extent of their injuries is not known, but the Air Safety Directorate of Belgium has opened an investigation to see what it could do to ensure that such things do not happen again, with still results. worst.
