XP806

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • September 16, 1970Accident

    Crashed during take-off from Sharjah, Oman after the tail hit bushes and suffered Category 4 or 5 damage when starboard elevator was torn off. It was returned to the UK by HS Andover XS642 and it languished at 70 Aircraft Workshops, REME, Middle Wallop, during 1970 & 1971 and then Hawker Siddeley Aircraft (HAS) at Hawarden, Chester for rebuild. This was abandoned and the aircraft was struck off charge on 04-Mar-1971. Parts were used with XP815 (crashed 09-Sep-1962) in making a virtually complete

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