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Date: | Saturday 10 April 1971 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAC Lightning F53 |
Owner/operator: | Kuwait Air Force |
Registration: | 53-414 |
MSN: | 95307 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shanty Town near Al Mubarak Air Base, Farwaniyah -
Kuwait
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
Destination airport: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:53-414; G27-82; C/N 95307 ff T.M.S. Ferguson 21-11-69 Samlesbury. To Jeddah, 25-3-69, pilot Flt Lt Brimson, with 53-413. Coded 'F'.
Crashed, 10-4-71, on approach to Al Mubarak Air Base (the military airfield at Kuwait International Airport) into shanty town, three civilians killed. Pilot, Lieutenant Abdulwahab Abdulrazaq, survived the crash, but died on the way to hospital
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001431/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Kuwait.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait_Airport
http://web.archive.org/web/20160316050009/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf53.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Mar-2012 18:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |