| Date: | Monday 18 February 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-136 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-AWND |
| MSN: | 19764/107 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI) -
 Kuwait
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The aircraft was at Kuwait Airport during the Iraqi invasion of August 2, 1990 and blown up by Iraqi forces when allied forced intervened.
Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1986 | G-AWND | British Airways | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |  |
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| Tailstrike | ||||||
| 9 May 1988 | G-AWND | British Airways | 0 | near Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) |  |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) U.S. DoD; Kuwait International Airport (KWI); February 1991
photo (c) Alex Tanner
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 04 August 1986
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ); July 1977
photo (c) Kazuhiro Kobayashi; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 11 July 1982
photo (c) Kazuhiro Kobayashi; Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC); 10 July 1982
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