ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55081
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| Date: | Thursday 29 January 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B |
| Owner/operator: | 801 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XV167 |
| MSN: | B3-08-66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 45nm SE of Gibraltar -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Hermes, Mediterranean Sea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While waiting to launch from HMS Hermes XV167 broke out of the port catapult with full power applied and tensioned. Bridle detached, aircraft sank in 630 fathoms off port bow of HMS Hermes, 45nm south east of Gibraltar.
Both crew ejected safely; crew were Lt. A. C. A. "Pony" Moore (ejected safely, landing alongside the starboard side of the ship. Lt. Michael J. "Mike" Cunningham ejected landing in the sea astern of the ship and sustained a fairly serious back injury)
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XV167_files/0_S2_XV167.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2009 10:41 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Sep-2009 10:42 | harro | Updated |
| 27-Jun-2013 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2013 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2014 14:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Aug-2019 20:09 | Anon. | Updated [Country, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2019 20:09 | harro | Updated [Country, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2022 02:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Country] |
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