Incident Panavia Tornado GR1 ZA376,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55426
 
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Date:Friday 10 May 1991
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Panavia Tornado GR1
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force (RAF)
Registration: ZA376
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lübberstedt -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
During a bounce manoeuvre with two other Tornados the pilot over banked while in the decent and control was lost. At 200 ft the pilot felt that he was regaining control but the navigator selected command ejection and exited both of them from the aircraft.

Sources:

Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162447/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/tornado.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2009 11:34 harro Updated
03-Jul-2011 22:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
19-Aug-2012 12:51 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
01-Apr-2017 21:30 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]

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