Mid-air collision Incident Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon 93-0686,
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Date:Tuesday 23 May 2006
Time:12:48 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic F16 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Owner/operator:Türk Hava Kuvvetleri
Registration: 93-0686
MSN: TAI/HC-30
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:21 miles SE of Karpathos -   Greece
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Balıkesir Airport (BZI/LTBF)
Destination airport:Balıkesir Airport (BZI/LTBF)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Collided with Greek F-16C 514 during mock dogfight over Aegean Sea. The Greek pilot Flt Ltn Konstantinos Iliakis was killed and the Turkish pilot 1°ltn Halil İbrahim Özdemir bailed out and was rescued by a cargo ship.

Sources:

1. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article1809.html
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008178.stm
3. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash/
4. http://www.kokpit.aero/turkiye-f-16-kazalari-2013
Scramble

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Feb-2011 08:15 nikitas Added
08-Jun-2011 09:25 gerard57 Updated [Source]
02-Jan-2013 16:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Nov-2013 02:11 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Nov-2013 02:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
26-Nov-2013 02:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
26-Nov-2013 02:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
26-Nov-2013 21:40 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
21-Sep-2014 16:35 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
21-Sep-2014 19:27 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Source]
21-Sep-2014 20:13 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
30-Nov-2015 11:02 TB Updated [Operator]
24-Feb-2021 09:31 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]

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