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| Date: | Thursday 19 September 2019 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado |
| Owner/operator: | TLG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Schleswig-Holstein region -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During a training flight with another aircraft, a German Tornado accidentally dropped two tanks in flight. A first reservoir was quickly found in a field in the Schleswig-Holstein region in the north of the country. They were dropped at a height of 6000 mt while they were empty. No injuries were reported on the ground.
The result of the preliminary report showed that the reason was not a technical issue, but an error made by the pilot.
Sources:
Twitter @Team_Luftwaffe
http://www.leparisien.fr/international/allemagne-un-chasseur-tornado-perd-deux-reservoirs-de-carburant-en-plein-vol-20-09-2019-8156145.php
Media:
Ein #Tornado Jet des #TLG51 verlor heute am späten Nachmittag im Flug in einer Höhe von etwa 6 Kilometern zwei Zusatztanks. Die Tanks waren zu diesem Zeitpunkt leer. Einer wurde auf einem Feld bei Pansdorf in #SchleswigHolstein gefunden. Nach dem zweiten wird noch gesucht. pic.twitter.com/mAw20JORhp
— Team_Luftwaffe (@Team_Luftwaffe) September 19, 2019
Aktualisierung zum Vorfall Verlust von Tanks eines #Tornado: Das vorläufige Untersuchungsergebnis des #TLG51 hat ergeben, dass kein technischer Defekt, sondern ein Fehler eines Piloten der Grund war. #Team_Luftwaffe pic.twitter.com/oxbdBuhe5n
— Team_Luftwaffe (@Team_Luftwaffe) September 26, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2019 19:31 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 06-Jan-2020 19:44 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Operator, ] |
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