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Brazil: F-5M Falling Parts


Pictured: two FAB’s F-5M simulating an IFR operation during the Brazilian Independence Day Parade
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Contact photographer Ricardo de Farias Santos

What: Brazilian F-5M fighter
Where: military base in southern Brazil
When: September 6, 2010 8:45 a.m.
Why: During routine operations, a metal panel from the F-5M fell from the fighter on to a street in downtown Cachoeirinha. It struck the pavement at a high rate of speed, bounced and sent shards of metal flying. No one was injured.

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