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| Date: | Sunday 14 April 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | ex-736 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XN954 |
| MSN: | B3-09-62 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off HMS Ark Royal, English Channel, off Plymouth, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal, off Plymouth, Devon |
Deliberately dropped into the English Channel off HMS Ark Royal during the making of a Royal Navy safety film about the accidental loss of XT269 (031/R) from Ark Royal 15/2/1972 (which see). The safety training film re-staged the accident, and showed what to do to prevent it happening again
Sources:
1. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S1_XN954_files/0_S1_XN954.html
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?88864-Buccaneer-pics&p=1377355
4. https://www.pprune.org/1136815-post117.html
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Related occurence: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=156556
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2013 12:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 04-Nov-2019 08:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 21:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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