Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that the flying branch had to put in some place some desperate. The pilot decided to continue the takeoff, but soon started having trouble controlling the plane. A hurricane that struck Florida in late 2018 damaged and displaced so many of the U. For this reason, this prompted a thorough investigation by the Air Force and Defense Department policy. Despite the initial media speculations, there were no indications that pointed that the cause of the accident was a failure of life support system. The pilot, assigned to 43rd Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, began taking off from Eglin that morning before noticing a warning related to the flight control system, Air Combat Command said. Root cause of F-22 Raptor hypoxia identified, confirms USAF The US Air Force (USAF) has confirmed that it has identified the root cause of 'hypoxia-like' incidents that have been afflicting its fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-22 Raptor fighter jets, a senior service official has announced. As such, the crash at the Tyndall base of the F-22 Raptor was a major concern.
In a statement to, the command said that the maintenance mistake affected the fighter's control inputs, although ACC declined to release further details on what went wrong that led to the May 15, 2020, crash such as how the washing of the aircraft was related to the maintenance issue. Unspecified error after F-22 was washed led to crash at Eglin quote:Ī maintenance error that was made after an F-22 Raptor was washed led to its crash near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, last May, Air Combat Command said Friday.