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| Date: | Tuesday 24 October 2006 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR4A |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ZG711 |
| MSN: | BT178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wash off Holbeach, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) |
Both crew were forced to eject during a bombing run on Holbeach Range, Lincolnshire following a bird strike. The aircraft crashed onto mud flats in the Wash. The crew were rescued from the water by helicopter and taken to Kings Lynn Hospital. Neither was badly injured. The wreckage was scattered for about a mile across tidal mud flats.
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl [Scramble 330]
2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412324/Pilots-eject-RAF-Tornado-crashes-sea.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2006.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171101202529/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/2006.htm#oct
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6084316.stm
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6087226.stm
7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6080376.stm
8. http://metro.co.uk/2006/10/24/reports-of-raf-tornado-crash-300410/
9. http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/raf-tornado-crashes-1-1331198
10. http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/tornado-crash-rescue-1-1331229
11. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/249459-tornado-down-wash-crew-safe.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2011 07:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2013 07:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-May-2013 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 20:29 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 20:37 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2016 19:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Nov-2018 06:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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