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| Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 31 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 44+14 |
| MSN: | GS078/4114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Manching -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Suffered fuel tank explosion during post overhaul test flight from Manching. Landed safely, but damage was so extensive that it was decleared damaged beyond economical repair. To Daimler Benz Aerospace AG (DASA) and canx 23.6.1998.
Sources:
Scramble 275
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?8619-Tornado-Verluste
AFM May 2002, p74
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2011 08:12 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2013 17:53 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:15 | TB | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 14:19 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2020 19:35 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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