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| Date: | Wednesday 29 January 2014 |
| Time: | 11:24 LT |
| Type: |  Kawasaki T-4 |
| Owner/operator: | JASDF |
| Registration: | 46-5731 |
| MSN: | 1131 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | ca 28 mi SE of Matsushima -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Matsushima RJST |
| Matsushima RJST |
Two Kawasaki T-4 trainers of the Blue Impulse Flight Demonstration Team of the JASDF have collided in mid-air during a practice. The incident happened in airspace over the Pacific Ocean. Both aircraft managed to land.
One sustained a dented nosecone while the other (66-5745) losing most of its port horizontal stabiliser/elevator.
Sources:
http://thebaseleg.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/photos-of-jasdf-blue-impulse-t-4s-after.html
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/kodawari/data/2014/01/29blue/
https://www.caa.govt.nz/safety_info/seminars/Airshow_Accident_rev_2014.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2014 11:25 | Padidiver | Added |
| 29-Jan-2014 14:14 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2014 13:26 | isamuel | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 20-Aug-2016 14:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2021 18:41 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 03-Aug-2021 18:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Aug-2021 18:48 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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