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===Item jettisoned from aircraft=== An unusual case of FOD occurred on 28 September 1981 over [[Chesapeake Bay]]. During flight testing of an [[F/A-18 Hornet]], the [[Naval Air Test Center]] of the [[United States Navy]] was using a [[A-4 Skyhawk|Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk]] as a [[chase plane]] to film a jettison test of a bomb rack from the Hornet. The bomb rack struck the right wing of the Skyhawk, shearing off almost half the wing. The Skyhawk caught fire within seconds of being struck; the two persons on board [[ejection seat|ejected]].<ref>[http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm List of ejections from aircraft in 1981.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421194436/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm |date=2017-04-21 }} Retrieved: 30 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.aviationbanter.com/showthread.php?t=19110 Page with link to WMV clip of destruction of TA-4J BuNo. 156896.] Retrieved 30 August 2008.</ref>
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