ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229821
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lockheed SR-71A |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 61-7974 |
| MSN: | 2025 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Luzon -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AFB, Japan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure and shrapnel hit the right-side hydraulic lines, causing a loss of flight controls.
Pilot Maj. Daniel E. House and RSO Capt. Blair L. Bozek ejected and came down safely in the South China Sea. The crew was rescued by a fisherman.
Sources:
AFM July 2001, p88/August 2001, p77
https://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/losses.php
https://books.google.nl/books?id=77oeBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA102&ots=Jbd1JqNYvU&dq=61-7974&hl=nl&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q=61-7974&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2019 08:10 | TB | Added |
| 10-Oct-2019 06:56 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2019 13:53 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
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