F-5 tragedy

This is the video of the last minutes of flight Mago 13, an Spanish F-5

Its in Spanish, with images of the HUD of the plane.

The plane had left engine damage soon after take off. Elevator was damaged as well, and the pilot couldn’t make it gain height.

Instead of ejecting and saving their lives they tried to land. I was feeling the same thing as in IL2 when you have elevator cable severed and try to land, but this time knowing it was for real and also knowing the fatal ending.

It’s absolutely unbelievable why nobody, for 18 minutes, nobody thought about ejecting.

Apparently the engine exceeded in 600 hours the maximum allowed time for the GE turbines.

Pilot: we will need to roll the dice
Student: sorry?
Pilot: we will need to roll the dice
Student: ok

:frowning: poor guys… seeing men losing their lives when they’re still young make me feel so sad… seeing what they were seeing before all their dreams were turning into ash… :frowning: :frowning:

R.I.P.

A shame.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
As virtual combat pilots we have been in a lot of emergencies and been killed countless times due to bad decicions. Real pilots won’t get a second chance if the decision is wrong.

May they rest in piece.