ZK032 BAe Systems Hawk 128 T.2 crashed today after departing RAF Valley, pilots ejected and rescued.

@LadyAstroJet @MB_EjectEject Seats doing their job as designed. Excellent stuff. Pilots are ok, and I hope nobody was harmed on the ground, including livestock and pets.

@LadyAstroJet Congratulation to Martin Baker, the British inventor of the ejector seat, for saving another 2 lives today. 2 new aviators can apply to get an "I ejected and survived" tie in the 6,000 strong Martin Baker tie club!

@LadyAstroJet That video will be crucial to the air accident investigators. Appears to be an engine failure followed by a stall.

@LadyAstroJet Not seen, farmer rushes to accident site, throws dead sheep into inferno, submits claim for prize breeding ram with 12,000-guinea est. value at auction.

@LadyAstroJet I’m just down the road from it. Looks like engine failure on take off. Bird strike perhaps?

@LadyAstroJet Wow. Ghostrider... the pattern is full.

@LadyAstroJet Flight computer problems or engine failure…I hope the pilots and no people on the ground were injured.

@LadyAstroJet People in another thread are making the dumbest comments. Like “the plane kept climbing, why did they need to eject?”

@LadyAstroJet Yikes 😬

@LadyAstroJet And an F16 crashed in the Eifel area in Germany then there was news about another plane (Hawker Hunter) crashing in the ocean? Coincidence?

@LadyAstroJet Almost like a complete engine failure, the way it is spitting fire out of the top of the engine bay (or gas generator bay) after ejection indicates smth With a gas generator fire You will lose the horizontal stabilizer as the actuator rod passes the gg bay….

@LadyAstroJet Holy shit!

@LadyAstroJet Wow

@LadyAstroJet Oof.

@LadyAstroJet Rough 48hrs for aviation.

@LadyAstroJet Beautiful ride