ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144423
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Date: | Thursday 28 September 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAC Lightning F53 |
Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF |
Registration: | 53-674 |
MSN: | 95279 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off coast of Bahrain -
Bahrain
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:53-674; C/No. 95279 f/f T.M.S. Ferguson 12-12-67 Samlesbury in "Class B" civilian markings as G27-44. To Jeddah, 18-11-68, pilot Flt Lt Girdler, with 53-672. To Dhahran, 22-1-70, to 2 Squadron 205, 31-8-70. Crashed, 28-9-72, off coast of Bahrain. Pilot - Abdul Jussef - killed. Aircraft was subject to a weather diversion and was trying to make an emergency landing at Bahrain when it ran out of fuel.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160316050009/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf53.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Mar-2012 18:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
30-Oct-2014 09:38 |
Paco |
Updated [Operator] |
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