Official press release on crash of F-15J 72-8883
From Asagiri : During air combat training, at 10,000 m, when aircraft was diving and turning left, fan turbine entrance temperatures of both engines overheated to 900 degrees.
Throttled to idle positions, and attempted to restart engines, but engines did not restart, and could not restore thrust. Became uncontrollable, and could not maintain altitude or level flight. Pilot ejected, at 800 m.
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