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Old 26th September 2008, 08:21 PM
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Default Hornet Mayday

Anyone out at Willytown today to see this happen.

From Defence Media

On 26 September 2008 at approximately 12.15pm, an F/A-18 Hornet based at RAAF Base

Williamtown declared a Mayday and immediately returned to RAAF Base Williamtown.

The standard emergency approach was flown, including use of the aircraft arrestor cable.

Fire trucks used foam to reduce the risk of fire from a fuel leak.

Base Airfield emergency response procedures were followed with Fire and Rescue crews on

standby to meet the aircraft on landing. The runway was closed to other military and

civilian aircraft for about 30 minutes.

The runway is now open for operations.

A maintenance investigation into the cause of the aircraft incident is now underway.
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Old 27th September 2008, 12:13 AM
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