Date:	Monday 20 February 1967
Time:
Type:	Hawker Hunter FGA.9
Owner/operator:	208 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XG237
MSN:	41H/680049
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Muharraq -   Bahrain
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Muharraq, Bahrein
Destination airport:	RAF Muharraq, Bahrein
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The starter motor failed to disengage at Muharraq, Bahrain as the engine wound up. The subsequent explosion wrecked the intake area. Damage initially assessed as Cat.3 (Repairable). Transferred to 131 MU RAF Khormaksar, Aden, for repairs 25/2/1967. Re-assessed as being more seriously damaged than at first thought, and re-classified Cat.4(Repairable)

Not repaired: instead struck off charge as Cat.5(C). Sold 25/10/1967 to HSA and rebuilt for the Royal Jordanian Air Force as a Hunter FGA.73A. Test flown in 'Class B' markings as G-9-268 on 15/1/1968. Delivered to Jordan from Dunsfold 22/7/1969 and became '828' code letter 'I' with 6 OCU, Royal Jordanian Air Force.

Was a Gift to from Jordan to Sultan of Oman Air Force in 1975; service with 6 Squadron at Thumrait. Crashed beside the runway at RAFO Thumrait (first successful ejection by an Omani) 25/8/88. Pilot - Flg. Off. A. A. AI-Baluchi - ejected safely

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_262.shtml
http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=60156&st=40
http://www.huntertheaircraft.co.uk/page156.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171012054548/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Oman.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-May-2012 10:27	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Apr-2013 13:56	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]