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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1989 |
| Time: | 11:20 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM7077 |
| MSN: | 5088 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leno (BS) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ghedi AB (Brescia) |
Crashed after possible birdstrike at 800 ft and 225 kts. Pilot Ten. Maurizio Piccoli and Navigator Ten Giorgio Di Zenzo ejected safely.
Sources:
Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings and Papers 23)
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1989_06/19890621_0011.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jul-2010 12:21 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2013 15:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2013 18:08 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-May-2025 06:19 | J155 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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