Serial | 000P22 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 25.10.88 | |||||||||||||||
Model | Harrier GR.5 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 17.10.90. Whilst taking part in a RDAF air defence exercise, the a/c was en-route from Aalborg AB to RAF Wittering, Cambs, when the engine failed at 23,500ft caused by fatigue failure of a second stage low pressure compressor. The pilot ejected at 3,000ft and the aircraft crashed on the island of Moers, 32 mi N of Karup, Denmark (with 1 Sqn) | |||||||||||||||
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