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Old 30th Nov 2023, 15:11
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Originally Posted by ORAC
One of the very first crashes, fire in the engine nacelle. Fire occurred when the nacelle was moving from flight to landing configuration.

I mention that because this explosion and crash seems similar and occurred on final approach to the airfield for an emergency landing.

https://flightsafety.org/hs/hs_jul-aug93.pdf
Thanks for the memory jog.
RIP, amigos.
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