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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 2017 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Atlas Cheetah |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecutoriana (FAE) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Duran-Biloche, near Taura airbase -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
An Atlas Cheetah crashed during a training flight. The pilot ejected safely.
Sources:
www.ecuadortv.ec
https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/avion-cheetah-fae-accidento-guayas.html
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Cheetah
Media:
An Atlas Cheetah jet fighter crashes, Ecuador.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 13 décembre 2017
Un avión Cheetah de las Fuerzas Aéreas se accidentó este 13 diciembre | El Comercio - https://t.co/Pc8jWEuR0A pic.twitter.com/TERfzlXbWi
#URGENTE. La Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana INFORMA sobre accidente de avión Cheetah. Estaremos ampliando información más adelante. pic.twitter.com/N5mYj5CdxA
— Fuerza Aérea Ecuador (@FuerzaAereaEc) December 13, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 19:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Dec-2017 19:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Dec-2017 19:41 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 13-Dec-2017 22:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, ] |
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