Incident Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar G-BBAI, Wednesday 5 May 1999
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Date:Wednesday 5 May 1999
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic L101 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar
Owner/operator:Caledonian Airways
Registration: G-BBAI
MSN: 1102
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial, written off
Location:Rhodes Airport -   Greece
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)
Destination airport:Rhodes Airport
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft suffered a hard landing at Rhodes Airport.

It was ferried to Abu Dhabi where it was broken up.

Sources:

https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/lockheed-l-1011-tristar-1-100-200-g-bbai-caledonian-airways/ep1q96

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

27 May 1985 G-BBAI British Airtours 0 Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA/EGNM) sub
Runway excursion

Revision history:

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