| Serial | 512113/P06 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | Harrier GR.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | w/o 22.10.87. The a/c was on a test flight from Dunsfold, prior to delivery, when the parachute deployment rocket fired through the canopy dragging him out of the cockpit (it was thought the pilot mistakenly fired it while trying to adjust the seat). The pilot's body was later found close to Winterbourne Stoke, near Boscombe Down, Wilts, but the a/c flew on for at least 1.5 hrs and eventually crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 250 mi SW of the Irish Coast after it ran out of fuel. It was intercepted by a USAF C-5 (at ATC request) which was en-route to Dover AFB, DE, and they reported that "there was no-one in the cockpit". They videoed the Harrier continuing west, with seat, a broken canopy and no pilot. | |||||||||||||||
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