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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol 175 Britannia C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XL638 |
| MSN: | 13400 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE) -
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI) |
| Aden-Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE/ODAA) |
The propellers did not go into reverse after touchdown at RAF Khormaksar. The Britannia overran into the sea.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Location
Images:
photo (c) Frank Baldry; Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE); 13 October 1967
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