Happened about 2 - 3 years ago. Airman wanted to live in the U. S A.
2007-01-18 02:33:51 · 8 answers · asked by Eddie B 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
This was shown on national tv and was on CNN.
2007-01-18 03:20:02 · update #1
I show the event on TV and said "WOW".
2007-01-18 03:21:08 · update #2
It's a big secret,
2007-01-18 21:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was that on April 1st by any chance?
There are no fighter in the world with the range to go from Iraq (Baghdad) to New York, it is more than 9600 km (6000 miles), while fighters typically have a range of less than 2000 miles. There are actually few airliners models capable of doing it.
And in flight refueling is definitely out of the question.
An Iraqi fighter may have landed on a US base in the area, but New York is totally out of range.
2007-01-18 15:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's impossible, imagine that also fighters from europe that are redeployed in Goose Bay(Canada) need a tanker flying with them to cover that distance althoug they are in transfer configuration... and it's almost the same to fly from Europe to Iraq.
And an Iraqi fighter couldn't fly-by such a lot countries without being intercepted and forced to land....he would have flew by countries like Israel, Turkey, Egipt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia...(and all of them are equipped with modern fighters like F-16 or F-15)
2007-01-18 17:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by sparviero 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Does not sound real...I would doubt that a fighter jet would have the fuel range to fly from Iraq to US...
2007-01-18 11:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It didn't happen in NY, it happened in Kuwait IIRC. Not that unusual, North Korean crews defect to the South from time-to-time.
2007-01-18 16:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by jim 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
what happened? nothing. It doesn't have the range, unless it flew the Pacifc route, and stopped every few hundred miles for gas. I doubt he had the time, range, and $$$ for gas.
2007-01-18 21:38:38 · answer #6 · answered by agent K13007 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was only SCHEDULED to go to New York...but had a "maintenance delay."
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2007-01-19 08:34:43 · answer #7 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have no idea!!1...What happened??
2007-01-18 10:41:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋