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| Date: | Friday 27 February 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Chengdu F-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Tanzania Air Force Command (TAFC) |
| Registration: | JW-24.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mwanza Airport -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mwanza AFB |
| Mwanza AFB |
Reported on the local news that an Air force fighter plane on routine exercises caught fire on take off after a bird strike. According to wikipedia Tanzania Air Force has a number of Chinese Shenyangs and Russian Mig 21s fighter planes.
Sources:
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/42049-military-jet-crashes-in-mwanza-pilot-injured
http://www.tznchiyetusote.com/2015/02/taarifa-ya-jeshi-la-wananchi-kuhusu.html#more
Media:
TAARIFA YA JWTZ KUHUSU NDEGE ILIYOANGUKA MWANZA NA PICHA ZOTE>>>>>http://t.co/Pjy8mAFwZn pic.twitter.com/TERgZSU1On
— Tanzania Yetu Sote (@tzyetusote) February 27, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2015 10:07 | Epgata | Added |
| 28-Feb-2015 10:08 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2015 13:32 | Epgata | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2015 18:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 28-Feb-2015 18:10 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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