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Title: Navy grounds all T-45 training jets after instructors refuse to fly
Post by: rangerrebew on April 07, 2017, 10:16:54 am
Navy grounds all T-45 training jets after instructors refuse to fly

By: David B. Larter, April 5, 2017

The Navy has grounded all its T-45 training jets for two days in the wake of a report that instructor pilots in the Navy’s training squadrons are refusing to fly the jet because of a dangerous rise in problems with the cockpit oxygen system.

Dozens of instructor pilots have refused to fly the T-45 in recent days because of a spike in dangerous physical symptoms suffered by pilots flying the aircraft triggered by a lack of oxygen or contaminants in the oxygen system, according to a Fox News report Tuesday.

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/navy-grounds-all-t-45-training-jets-after-instructors-refuse-to-fly