ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232119
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 40 Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Egyptian Air Force |
| Registration: | 9719 |
| MSN: | BC-78 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shabanah near Rafah, North Sinai -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Egyptian Air Force F-16C Block 40 crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash.
A spokesperson for the Egyptian Army said that a fighter jet crashed on a ‘training area’.
Sources:
https://news-tunisia.tunisienumerique.com/egypt-f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-in-northern-sinai-pilot-dies/
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/359534/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-military-says-pilot-killed-in-fighter-jet-cr.aspx
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/4418/
Media:
#Egypt - An F-16 warplane belonging to the #Egyptian military crashed in the village of Shabanah in the Sinai region today and it's pilot, Hisham Hasani, was killed. pic.twitter.com/Dnm3UjmyMx
— On the Ground News (@OGNreports) January 14, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2020 16:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jan-2020 16:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 14-Jan-2020 16:49 | gerard57 | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jan-2020 16:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2020 19:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2020 19:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Jan-2020 19:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 19-Jan-2020 17:03 | sinfu2a | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 22-Jan-2020 22:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2020 08:34 | rvargast17 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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