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| Date: | Thursday 16 August 1990 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ZA561 |
| MSN: | BS025/3045 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 mi NE of Spurn Head, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Crashed into the North Sea during recovery from simulated attack to ship target.
Sources:
Flight International 8-14 May 1991
http://www.tornado-data.com/Production/MAAS%20Reports/ZA561.pdf
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19900816_za561.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 08:11 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Jul-2011 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2012 11:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2013 07:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-Apr-2013 07:44 | Nepa | Updated |
| 03-Aug-2013 13:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 13:05 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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