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Date: | Thursday 15 October 1987 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Sea Harrier FRS1 |
Owner/operator: | 801 NAS FAA RN |
Registration: | ZA190 |
MSN: | 41H-912029 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Atlantic, 85nm SW Tiree -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland while operating off HMS Ark Royal. The pilot had ejected due to an engine fire caused by ingestion of a seagull
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20111206015544/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/accidentsindex.htm]l
2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160303231421/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHarrier.htm 3.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1987.htm Media:
Royal Navy BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 (ZA190) from No. 800 Naval Air Squadron on HMS Illustrious (R06) taking off from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on 22 October 1984.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-May-2013 20:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
28-May-2013 20:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]] |
17-Feb-2014 16:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |