ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55466
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 18-OCT-2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawk T.1A |
| Operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XX282 |
| C/n / msn: | 312107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lowick, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Aircraft suffered a birdstrike 5 miles west of Holy Island, Northumberland. Crew ejected. Aircraft crashed in open farmland at East Kyloe Woods, between Haggerston and Lowick, Northumberland.
A spokesman for the RAF said the jet was from the 100 Squadron at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire and had been on a routine navigation exercise. It is believed that the pilot was a trainee but it was unclear who was at the controls at the time of the crash. Both men were airlifted by a rescue helicopter from RAF Boulmer in Northumberland and taken to a specialist spinal injuries unit in Nottingham as a precaution. The spokesman said two mountain rescue teams were being sent from RAF Leuchars in the north of Scotland and RAF Leeming. "They will secure the site and begin a cleanup of fuel and wreckage and make the site safe," he said.
An eye-witness who spoke to one of the crew was told that a large bird had struck the canopy and damaged it.
Sources:
http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/576C84B9-1A77-42D0-9AEA-57A81F5B5101/0/maas00_03_hawk_t1a_xx282_18oct00.pdf
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/westminster_hall/2000/dec/20/low-flying
http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/archive1.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2009 11:34 | harro | Updated |
| 02-Jul-2011 00:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2011 00:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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