ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55314
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 May 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XJ781 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shiraz (SYZ) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Shiraz (SYZ/OISS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The port undercarriage failed to lower. The aircraft was landed on a foam strip at Shiraz but veered off the runway into a gully, tearing off the starboard and nose undercarriage legs. Having spoken to the Pilot after tbe Board of inquiry on a C130 on the way back to Akrotiri. He told me the aircraft had such a smash into the ditch which was not shown on the airfield charts. (otherwise he would have picked the other parallel runway and the ditch would not have been an issue). He also told me that he jettisoned the canopy ready for ejection but decided to vacate manually. Good decision as the ejection seat runners had apparently sheared during the impact.
Following is a personal account by a recovery crew member:
"The recovery of the electronics and engines etc etc was done by a team of 7 guys. I was the Corporal, there was a Chief tech and a Warrant Officer above me. I have a couple of photos in the loft if your interested. I know why we left the carcass there . Recovering the Engines and electronics, then cutting up the framework was our prime objective.
Raising the a/c from the very rough patch of ground it had finished its slide on, was, very difficult. No Ditch just very rough ground. That operation had never been attempted before. In the end, after battling with the very dangerous white scorpions in the ground we managed to dig out under the wings to drag in huge airbags . We eventually managed to get sleepers then jacks into place but not before the whole frame slipped off the bags a couple of times nearly squashing myself and others into the "bondu". Never moved as fast before or since.
We where then able to drop the engines and recover all electronics.
The sixth member of the crew was an Iranian aircrew having a jolly, apparently, he left the cockpit at a run through the gap where the canopy had been with his trousers full."
Sources:
Flight International, 2 May 1980
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1203376/
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread182835/pg1
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/111797-did-you-fly-vulcan-merged-37.html
http://www.bbcattic.org/ww2peopleswar/user/73/u1540773.shtml
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=13016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2008 11:03 | harro | Updated |
| 22-Aug-2011 22:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2012 07:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2012 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 11-Apr-2013 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2014 15:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2015 07:26 | alan | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2015 11:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 18:12 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 18:13 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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