Accident Panavia Tornado F3 ZE833, Friday 21 July 1989
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Date:Friday 21 July 1989
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Panavia Tornado F3
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: ZE833
MSN: AS077/3330
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:30 mi NE of Newcastle-upon-Tyne -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leeming
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to pull out of dive and struck the water of North Sea.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1989.htm
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1022B87A-A225-4467-AF49-37862F2DEEE0/0/maas89_15_tornado_ze833_21jul89.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jul-2011 00:18 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
12-Feb-2012 12:10 Nepa Updated [Operator, ]
08-Oct-2012 09:20 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Feb-2013 12:38 Nepa Updated [Operator, ]
24-Jun-2013 12:11 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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