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Date: | Saturday 16 September 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | Northrop F-5E |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) |
Registration: | 4003 |
MSN: | MX.1003 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mexico City, MEX -
Mexico
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Mexican Air Force F-5E (Cap Héctor Ricardo Trejo Flores) collided with a T-33, flying in a three ship formation. All aircraft crashed, just one pilot survived. The collision occurred during Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City.
Sources:
Flight International 24-30 April 1996
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D8103AF934A2575AC0A963958260 Scramble
El Siglo de Torreón 18 September 1995, p1/30 September 1995, p21
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2009 10:53 |
harro |
Updated |
13-Jun-2014 14:37 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |