This April, the Air Self-Defense Force caused the pilot to neglect to visually confirm the accident during the flight of two F2 fighters belonging to the Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Air Base in Fukuoka Prefecture. We have announced the results of the survey.
This April, when two F2 fighters belonging to the Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Air Base in Chikujo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture were flying over Yamaguchi Prefecture, the aircraft came into contact with each other.
No one was injured.
According to the survey results released by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on the 9th, one aircraft carrying this cameraman flew about 30 meters below the other aircraft and overtook it in order to cooperate with the shooting of the aircraft by an outside cameraman at that time. I was trying to do it.
At this time, the pilot on the overtaking side used the "autopilot" function to maintain the altitude, so when overtaking, even though the two aircraft were close to each other, they neglected to visually check and contacted. is.
In addition, the overtaking flight was carried out before entering the training airspace, and it was instructed that the formation should not be destroyed outside the training airspace inside the Self-Defense Forces, and the plan itself was inappropriate.
Shunji Izutsu, Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Force, commented, "We will go back to the basics and take thorough measures to prevent recurrence and make every possible effort to ensure flight safety."