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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | 24th MEU/HMM-365/VMA-542 USMC |
| Registration: | 165005 |
| MSN: | 261 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Crete -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Iwo Jima |
| USS Iwo Jima |
Crash landed in Mediterranean Sea north of Crete on Jul 2, 2006 during night time ship-controlled
landing approach to USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Pilot ejected safely and was rescued.
Sources:
Scramble 340
http://web.archive.org/web/20171101202529/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/2006.htm
http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=AV-8B&series=3
http://www.harrier.org.uk/history/AV8BPROD.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 02-Aug-2011 23:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 17:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 31-Dec-2021 13:51 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
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