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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 2006 |
| Time: | 12:48 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Kuvvetleri |
| Registration: | 93-0686 |
| MSN: | TAI/HC-30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 21 miles SE of Karpathos -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Balıkesir Airport (BZI/LTBF) |
| Balıkesir Airport (BZI/LTBF) |
Collided with Greek F-16C 514 during mock dogfight over Aegean Sea. The Greek pilot Flt Ltn Konstantinos Iliakis was killed and the Turkish pilot 1°ltn Halil İbrahim Özdemir bailed out and was rescued by a cargo ship.
Sources:
1. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article1809.html
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008178.stm
3. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash/
4. http://www.kokpit.aero/turkiye-f-16-kazalari-2013
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2011 08:15 | nikitas | Added |
| 08-Jun-2011 09:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 02:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 02:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 02:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2014 16:35 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2014 19:27 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 21-Sep-2014 20:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 30-Nov-2015 11:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Feb-2021 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator, ] |
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