ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137163
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Date: | Thursday 15 December 1994 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Sea Harrier FRS1 |
Owner/operator: | 800 NAS FAA RN |
Registration: | XZ493 |
MSN: | 41H/912017 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Adriatic Sea off coast of Bosnia -
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Invincible, off Bosnia |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:XZ493 aircraft ditched in the Adriatic, off the coast of Bosnia, whilst in a hover manoeuvre alongside HMS Invincible. The pilot, Lt Kistruck, ejected safely. The airframe was recovered from a depth of 720 metres and after reconstruction work was handed to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in 2000.
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1994.htm 2.
http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/sea-harrier-frs1-xz493/4-36-97.aspx 3.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160303231421/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHarrier.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2013 18:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
17-Feb-2014 16:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
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