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| Date: | Thursday 13 October 1988 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King HAS5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm |
| Registration: | XZ916 |
| MSN: | WA876 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 mi S of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RFA Resource |
Accident after night take-off from ship.
Crashed into the English Channel ten miles south of the Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth, Devon after a night take off from RFA Resource. It sank in 78 meters of water killing two of the four on board. Part of the wreckage was recovered and moved to the AIU at Lee-on-Solent. Large sections of fuselage were later picked up in the nets of a fishing boat
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1988.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 15.10.1988, p32
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2010 01:54 | TB | Added |
| 05-Mar-2010 02:18 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 16-Jan-2013 15:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Apr-2013 18:59 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2013 02:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 08:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 22-Jun-2013 15:29 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2020 11:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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