Cock up of the Year

[Blyth_Pirate]

You’d have thought there was a safety catch.

@Typhoonftm, what’s the crack with lads accidentally shooting shit out of other planes?

ND gets you court marshalled in the forces.

Yep, serious shit. Also scary working with someone who can't make a weapon safe.

 

[Deleted member 36123]

Happened in Denmark in the eighties, but the missile hit some summer cottages on land. Noone were hurt

Cheers marra, knew it was something like that.

 

[Scorer]

Believe it happened, sort of, in Sunderland at the end of WWII when a navy ship on the Wear fired its guns in celebration and destroyed a couple of houses killing their occupants. At least no one hurt in this.

 

[cocky]

Didn't a sidewinder get loosed off accidentally from a Harrier down in the Falklands many moons ago, took out a fire truck or summit?

You might be thinking of the Phantom that shot down a Jaguar in Germany in the 70s or 80s. Pilot didn't realise he had live weapons fitted, locked on and pulled the trigger. Luckily he managed to get the Jag pilot on the radio to get him to eject.

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

Mine, if I get a buck?

Buddy, can you spare a dime?

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Why not likely.
"I bet you a hundred euro you haven't got the arse to press the button".
"A dare like".
"Nor you don't".
"Dee"
"Dinit"
BOOM
"You f***ing radgy, what you done"

I had one great cock up this year and since then I've just been fingers and thumbs

 

[DurhamRedStripe]

Up there with that Thai based poster saying Princess Eugenie was a porn star IMO.

Ahh beat me too it!

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Up there with that Thai based poster saying Princess Eugenie was a porn star IMO.

Hadn't seen the thread until just now that you mentioned it. Wow. What a f***ing loon. The OP of the thread, not you, pal. Y'aiiight.

 

[DavyC]

HMS Argyll launched a torpedo albeit an inert one onto Devonport Dockyard a few years ago it might not have been explosive but would have chafed a bit.

 

[knarfw]

You might be thinking of the Phantom that shot down a Jaguar in Germany in the 70s or 80s. Pilot didn't realise he had live weapons fitted, locked on and pulled the trigger. Luckily he managed to get the Jag pilot on the radio to get him to eject.

Nope, definitely Falklands, this is all I can find online

"Operating conditions were very difficult and in one unfortunate incident a working party of Royal Engineers from 11 Field Squadron and Welsh Guards were injured whilst waiting to cross the runway, some severely, when a Sidewinder missile was accidentally fired from a Harrier."

 

[lenshack]

Nope, definitely Falklands, this is all I can find online

"Operating conditions were very difficult and in one unfortunate incident a working party of Royal Engineers from 11 Field Squadron and Welsh Guards were injured whilst waiting to cross the runway, some severely, when a Sidewinder missile was accidentally fired from a Harrier."

Biggest cock up I recall was in the Falkland war.
One day the main U.K. news channels showed clips of the landing crafts moving troops round to the other side of the island.
Next day the news reports were all about one of them being hit and lots of casualties.

I recall wondering at the time why on Earth they were showing it to the whole world and his wife when it was still an ongoing operation.