F/A-22 crash blamed on flight control glitch
The U.S. Air Force has concluded that a flight control system glitch caused an F/A-22 Raptor to crash on takeoff in late 2004. During the Dec. 20 mishap at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., the pilot shut down Raptor 4014's engines for maintenance, which inadvertently cut power to key parts of the flight...
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