A Series of Mistakes Led to NATO’s Bloody Air Crash. A stray checklist and sloppy procedures might have caused a Greek F-16 to crash into a crowded tarmac
The accident also cost the Western alliance a staggering nine warplanes destroyed or damaged, including the F-16, two French air force Mirage 2000s, two French Alpha Jets, a French Rafale, two Italian AMXs and a U.S. Air Force F-15E. It appears only the F-15, one AMX and the Rafale were repairable.