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| Date: | Thursday 14 September 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ZD710 |
| MSN: | BS114/3151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Drayton, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon |
| Investigating agency: | RAF BOI |
Suffered multible bird strike after take-off, damaging the engine. Pilot (Wing Commander Wright) and Navigator (Squadron Leader Lawton) ejected safely.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3B379B7B-EE30-4A71-9C22-ACA448CB3E88/0/maas89_17_tornado_zd710_14sept89.pdf
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1989.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194448/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1989.htm#sep
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNqsUYrtYeN9Ex2bbcRyY8Tu_O3Px6b17Byo5_ASSXr3beGrat1pwwVzGMeuNlI_A?key=TDJOa09VVXExcnVUclhtamkxZEZSUFAyMGhpSEN3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2010 13:08 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jul-2011 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2012 11:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2013 07:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Jun-2013 15:21 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Feb-2017 10:00 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Dec-2020 18:21 | harro | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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