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| Date: | Wednesday 3 January 2018 |
| Time: | 12:02 |
| Type: |  North American T-2E Buckeye |
| Owner/operator: | Hellenic Air Force |
| Registration: | 160098 |
| MSN: | 396-40 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kalamata AFB (KLX) -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kalamata AFB (KLX/LGKL) |
| Kalamata AFB (KLX/LGKL) |
A statement by the Greek Air Force said the aircraft crashed due to mechanic failure while it was on a training flight 2 nautical miles south of the airport in Kalamata.
According to media dealing with military issues, one of the engines of the aircraft stopped while the T-2 was flying. The crew reported the problem to the air force base and while it was heading to the airport also the second engine stopped.
Sources:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/224599/article/ekathimerini/news/two-pilots-safe-after-jet-trainer-crashes-near-kalamata
https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/746729/alert-epese-aeroskafos-t-2-tis-polemikis-aeroporias/
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2018/01/03/freece-air-force-t2-crash-video/
Images:
Kalamata 7nov2017
Media:
ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ Κατέπεσε αεροσκάφος Τ-2 της Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας pic.twitter.com/sRSir0oAet
— τ.Πρόεδρος ΠΕΑΛΣ (@proedrospeals) 3 janvier 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Jan-2018 13:18 | plcedi | Added |
| 03-Jan-2018 13:21 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2018 18:01 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 03-Jan-2018 18:01 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2018 23:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 04-Jan-2018 12:24 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2018 18:39 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2018 20:52 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 08:29 | Crabfat | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Jan-2018 19:31 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, ] |
| 05-May-2018 12:00 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 28-Aug-2018 08:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, ] |
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