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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 2006 |
| Time: | 12:48 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16C |
| Owner/operator: | Elliniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 514 |
| MSN: | XK-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 mi SE of Karpathos -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kastelli |
| Kastelli |
Mid-air with a Turkish F-16C (93-0684) at 27,000 feet some 15 km off the Greek island of Karpathos and crashed in the Aegean Sea.
Both were involved in a mock dogfight when one of the pilots made an error resulting in the collision.
The Turkish pilot, 1°Ltn Halil Ibrahim Özdemir ejected safely with only minor injuries, but the Greek pilot, S/gos Konstantinos Iliakis, didn't survive this accident.
Sources:
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/4799/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008178.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnFJUGxuxQ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2011 08:15 | nikitas | Added |
| 08-Jun-2011 09:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 22-Feb-2012 01:13 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 19:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2013 02:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2014 18:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Sep-2014 15:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 19-Sep-2014 15:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2014 16:55 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Nov-2014 19:00 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2021 19:44 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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