Accidents
Black Eagles Jet Crashes on Takeoff, Pilot Safe
After apparently blowing a tire on takeoff, the Republic of Korea Air Force T-50 veered off the runway.
Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Black Eagles aerobatic team number six T-50B  jet suffered a burst tire, resulting in a trail of smoke before it flipped over on the grass verge by the runway during an attempted takeoff for a performance at the 2018 Singapore Airshow. The pilot was extricated by airport emergency services and suffered minor injuries, according to reports. (Photo: Local Singapore Newspapers)
Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Black Eagles aerobatic team number six T-50B jet suffered a burst tire, resulting in a trail of smoke before it flipped over on the grass verge by the runway during an attempted takeoff for a performance at the 2018 Singapore Airshow. The pilot was extricated by airport emergency services and suffered minor injuries, according to reports. (Photo: Local Singapore Newspapers)

A Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50B belonging to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Black Eagles aerobatic team was heavily damaged in an incident when taking off from Changi International Airport’s Runway 02L/20R on Tuesday, the first day of the Singapore Airshow. The team was to have been the closing act in the show's opening day display, for which participants had been practicing for the past few days.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the incident took place at around 1:24 p.m., when the aircraft “skidded and crashed into the grass verge at the side of Changi Airport’s Runway [02L/20R] and caught fire."