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Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1985 |
Time: | |
Type: | SEPECAT Jaguar S |
Owner/operator: | Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF) |
Registration: | 208 |
MSN: | 219/S(O)6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Jebel Sarfait Range -
Oman
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Thumrait, Oman |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Blew up in mid-air when a 1000lb bomb, went off prematurely. Pilot (Flt. Lt. Thomas “Paddy” Mullen)
ejected - he was literally 'blown' out of the cockpit, and the force of the explosion initiated the ejection sequence!
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20160331232327/http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/production_oman.html https://martin-baker.com/ejectee/paddy-mullen/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
10-Jul-2011 13:09 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Nov-2014 07:26 |
Slizack |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
01-Apr-2018 15:55 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
08-Sep-2020 10:36 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
06-Jun-2023 13:59 |
Anon. |
Updated |
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