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Tornado
[edit]- January 21, 1999 - Four people have died after an RAF Tornado and a light aircraft collided above the village of Everton in north Nottinghamshire.[1]
- 21 August 1999 - An Italian AF Tornado crashed into the sea off Sicily, killing both pilots.[2]
- October 14, 1999 - a Tornado from RAF Lossiemouth crashed in Northumberland, killing the pilot and navigator.[3]
- 30 August, 2000 - A German air force Tornado fighter crashed in a remote part of eastern Canada during a NATO exercise, killing both crew members.[4]
- In May 2002, both crewmen ejected safely when the Tornado GR4, from 13 Squadron, was destroyed as it went into the River Humber near Brough. Mechanical failure has been blamed for the crash.[5]
- On 23 March 2003, an Tornado GR.4A ZG710 'D' of 13 Squadron is shot down by a US Patriot missile in Iraq, killing the pilot and navigator, both from 9 Squadron.[6]
- 22 July 2004 - The pilot and navigator of a Tornado aircraft have been taken to hospital after their aircraft crashed into the sea off the north-east of England.[7]
- On 24 October 2006, two airmen ejected after their RAF Tornado crashed into The Wash close to a practice bombing range in Lincolnshire.[8]
- 12 April 2007 – An unarmed Tornado ECR of the German Air Force crashes in a rock face 46°33′01″N 7°55′26″E / 46.550328°N 7.923805°E) near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, killing the pilot. The weapons system officer ejects and is rescued severely injured from the rock face by a local helicopter rescue team. The crash occurs minutes after refueling in Emmen during an authorized navigation training in the Swiss Alps while returning to Germany from a long-distance flight to Corsica, France.[9][10][11]
- 6 June 2007 - An Italian AF Tornado crashed near Ferrara. The two pilots ejected successfully.[12]
- On 2nd July 2009 an RAF Tornado crashed in Argyll in Scotland killing the crew of two from 43 Squadron operating from RAF Leuchars.[13]
- On 20 July 2009 A British Royal Air Force GR4 Tornado fighter jet crashed at Kandahar air base during takeoff at 7:20 a.m., the two pilots were injured after ejecting from the aircraft.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/259813.stm
- ^ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/agosto/21/Tornado_precipita_mare_morti_due_co_0_990821009.shtml
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/474855.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/853384.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/3920563.stm
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6080376.stm
- ^ "Jagdbomber der Luftwaffe in der Schweiz abgestürzt". German Air Force. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-05-03. (in German)
- ^ "Kampfjet abgestürzt!". Blick. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-05-03. (in German, map source)
- ^ "German Military Jet Crashes in Switzerland; One Dead". Bloomberg. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=183402
- ^ "Two killed in RAF Tornado crash". BBC. 2. July 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|accesdate=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "British Fighter Jet Crash". Washington Post. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-20.