Officials release findings of investigation into what caused F-35A crash outside Hill Air Force Base last year
The F-35A Lightning II military jet crashed on Oct. 19 as it was returning from a routine training mission in Utah Test and Training Range airspace. The crash caused a small wildfire which crews extinguished just north of the base.
A release Thursday from Air Combat Command shared the results of the crash investigation and shared that issues began when the F-35A experienced"slight rumbling to their aircraft due to wake turbulence from the preceding aircraft." The atmospheric disturbance resulted in"erratic inputs" to the aircraft’s air data application, according to the report.
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