Serial | 000P16 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 19.09.88 | |||||||||||||||
Model | Harrier GR.5 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 14.01.94. While flying as No 1 of a pair the a/c suffered engine failure after a bird strike. The pilot took evasive action and put the aircraft into a shallow dive. Although the low altitude warning sounded at 250ft the USMC pilot stayed with the a/c to steer it away from nearby homes and a school and flew into the ground near to the village of Aston Somerville, 5 mi SE of Evesham, Worcs (with 233 OCU) | |||||||||||||||
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