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Date: | Tuesday 3 January 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 |
Owner/operator: | 892 NAS FAA RN |
Registration: | XS588 |
MSN: | 10147 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | HMS Hermes, Mediterranean Sea, off Malta -
Malta
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Hermes, Mediterranean Sea |
Destination airport: | HMS Hermes, Mediterranean Sea |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Sea Vixen XS588: Took off for training flight. 03/01/1967
During returning from El Adem bombing range written off 3/1/1967:
Waved off following a poor approach to HMS Hermes. However, it came down on the angled deck in a nose up attitude and ditched over the side into the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.
It wasn't on the approach as he actually touched down on the flight deck but missed the wires and attempted to go around agaim but flamed out and it did not hit the deck at all. The aircrew diver went down in the oggin with the sinking plane and managed to extract the pilot but the observer didn't stand a chance in the death trap in the fuselage
Crew:
The pilot FAA RN rescued /Ok
The observer FAA RN was killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032515/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/SeaVixen.html 3.
http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19601969/tabid/652/language/en-US/Default.aspx 4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20130605154844/http://www.seavixen.org/squadrons/correlation-squadrons-ships/892-sqn-to-hms- A/ hermes-1966-to-1968
I was aft emergency tractor team and observed the incident from beginning to end in fact I was one of the stretcher team that carried the observer down to sickbay after the MO declared him dead.
The day was not the 3rd for definite as we didn't sail from Portsmouth until the 16th my birthday.
It wasn't on the approach as he actually touched down on the flight deck but missed the wires and attempted to go around agaim but flamed out and it did not hit the deck at all. The aircrew diver went down in the oggin with the sinking plane and managed to extract the pilot but the observer didn't stand a chance in the death trap in the fuselage
5.
http://www.hmshermes.org.uk/wp/?page_id=618 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jul-2013 01:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
17-Feb-2014 15:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
22-Feb-2021 10:17 |
Tex Edwards |
Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
07-Jul-2023 11:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source]] |