Hornet J-5231 crashed some months later, near Crans-Montana. Both pilots were killed! It was the first and only lost of a Hornet till octobre 2013. Then we lost J-5237 in a crash near Alpnach AB.
Hornet J-5231 crashed some months later, near Crans-Montana. Both pilots were killed!
It was the first and only lost of a Hornet in the Swiss Air Force untill today.
Hornet 231 crashed less than then months later, killing both pilots, near Crans-Montana - only a few miles away from where this photo was taken. During Sion'97 Airshow this aircraft was in the static display, delivered only 5 months before.