Air Force official cites flight software in Nellis crash

Posted on: Jan. 14th, 2005 || Source: reviewjournal.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

A glitch in the software for controlling flight probably caused an F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet to crash on takeoff last month at Nellis Air Force Base, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper said Wednesday.

Jumper, who had just completed his third qualifying flight of a Raptor at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., emphasized in a conference call with reporters that the investigation into the crash continues and that a malfunction of the plane's software flight-control system is a preliminary assessment of what caused the crash.

"The impact on the program is one that we will take to heart with regard to the flight controls and the software that controls the flight controls," Jumper said by telephone.

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