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[Squirrel Killer]

As someone with a pilot license, there are very few instances I can think of where the Cessna pilot would be at fault. The less maneuverable aircraft has the right of way, and from the sound of it he slammed into the side of the Cessna.

To repeat my question...

Really? There's no possible way the Cessna or ATC could have been a fault? How is right of way/blame/etc... determined in aviation?

I mean - and this is a complete hypothetical here - what if the planes were on parallel courses, and ATC (or whoever) intended to tell the Cessna to turn right, but accidentally tells it to turn left (directly in the F-16's path,) is that still the F-16's fault?

 

[NoFaceNico]

How does an F16 collide with a fucking cessna?

Similar stuff has happened before.

Look up Hughes Airwest Flight 706

F-4 collides into a DC-9.

 

[KHarvey16]

Similar stuff has happened before.

Look up Hughes Airwest Flight 706

F-4 collides into a DC-9.

This is also a good example of a case where there is no real predominately responsible individual.