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| Date: | Thursday 31 October 1991 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | MFG1 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | 46+17 |
| MSN: | GS250/4317 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Skagerrak -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Collided with Tornado 43+84 in low altitude during "buddy buddy" refueling and crashed into North Sea between Norway and Denmark. KptLt K. Seemann and KKpt Thorsten Gressmann ejected. Gressmann died from exposure in cold water in a danish hospital.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 1.11./2.11.1991
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2011 16:09 | TB | Added |
| 30-May-2011 09:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2011 10:12 | TB | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 00:38 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 18:43 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 14:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:53 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 22:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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