ʻElua mau mokulele hoʻomaʻamaʻa supersonic US T-38C Talon i komo i kahi 'ulia mokulele' ma ke alahele o ka Ke kahua mokulele o Laughlin, aia ma kahi kokoke i Del Rio, Texas kokoke i ka palena US-Mexico, ma kahi o 10am manawa kūloko i kēia lā.
Wahi a kahi ʻōlelo mai Laughlin AFB, ua make hoʻokahi pailota a ua hōʻeha ʻia ʻelua mau mea ʻē aʻe i ka wā o ka 'pōʻino'.
Ua make kekahi pailaka ma ia wahi. Ua lawe ʻia kekahi i ka Val Verde Regional Medical Center ma Del Rio, mālama ʻia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia. ʻO ke kolu o ka pailaka i komo i loko o ka 'ulia pōpilikia' ma ke kūlana koʻikoʻi, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka Brooke Army Medical Center ma San Antonio. Kāohi ʻia ko lākou mau inoa no ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ko lākou ʻohana pili.
"He mea ʻeha loa ka nalo ʻana o nā hoa kime a me ka puʻuwai kaumaha ke haʻi aku nei au i koʻu ʻoluʻolu maoli," wahi a Colonel Craig Prather, ka luna o ka 47th Flying Training Wing.
"ʻO ko mākou naʻau, nā manaʻo, a me nā pule me kā mākou mau pailaka i pili i kēia pōʻino a me ko lākou ʻohana."
ʻO ka māhoe-engine Northrop T-38 ka mokulele hoʻomaʻamaʻa supersonic mua loa o ka honua, a ua lawelawe pū me ka US Air Force mai 1959. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e pani ʻia e ka Boeing E hoʻomaka ana ʻo T-7 Red Hawk i ka makahiki 2023.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The twin-engine Northrop T-38 is the world's first supersonic training jet, and has been in service with the US Air Force since 1959.
- "He mea ʻeha loa ka nalo ʻana o nā hoa kime a me ka puʻuwai kaumaha ke haʻi aku nei au i koʻu ʻoluʻolu maoli," wahi a Colonel Craig Prather, ka luna o ka 47th Flying Training Wing.
- According to a statement from Laughlin AFB, one pilot has been killed and two others were injured during a runway ‘mishap.