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| Date: | Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
| Time: | 11:28 |
| Type: |  North American T-2C Buckeye |
| Owner/operator: | Hellenic Air Force |
| Registration: | 158904 |
| MSN: | 352-29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 0,5 nm NW of Kalamata Air Base -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kalamata Air Base |
A T-2 aircraft of the 363rd Air Training Squadron of the 120th Air Training Wing crashed shortly after take off just off the base fence at Kalamata AF Base in Southern Greece.
Reports suggest that an explosion was heard before the crash.
The sole pilot was killed.
Sources:
https://www.in.gr/2023/12/27/greece/kalamata-nekros-entopistike-o-xeiristis-tou-ekpaideytikou-aeroskafous-pou-synetrivi/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1227951/pilot-confirmed-dead-in-haf-training-jet-crash-in-kalamata/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1227948/hellenic-air-force-training-jet-crashes-near-kalamata-airport/ .
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/gr#results
https://doureios.com/dystihima-se-mia-apo-tis-teleftaies-ptiseis-t-2-buckeye-tis-polemikis-aeroporias/
https://www.haf.gr/2023/12/ptosi-aeroskafoys-t-2e-buckeye-at053-2023/
https://www.haf.gr/2023/12/ptosi-aeroskafoys-t-2e-buckeye-at054-2023/
Media:
??Greece:
— PLANES OF LEGEND ✈️ (@PlanesOfLegend) December 27, 2023
Pilot confirmed dead in HAF training North American T-2E Buckeye jet crash.
ASN: https://t.co/X6VW0et002
Press: https://t.co/zwDzTvA4rI pic.twitter.com/GyeIH6txhV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2023 12:34 | gvpapadimitriou | Added |
| 27-Dec-2023 12:37 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2023 12:38 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
| 27-Dec-2023 13:43 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 27-Dec-2023 14:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2023 16:39 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 30-Dec-2023 17:01 | PANTELIS | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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