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Old 5th Dec 2012, 14:33
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sisemen
 
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OK. Lighten up. All survived but it was spectacular.

Finningley (68?) I was walking along the peri track by the Finningley 8 on the run between ECMSDF in the electronics block and BCDU HQ behind 1 hangar when the Vulcan which was starting up started to collapse.

The crew chief, who was underneath the wing, tried a couple of runs with the aircraft coming down on top of him but eventually got out before it squashed him. Then the aircraft broke into three; the canopy blew off; and the crew vaulted over the windscreen, slid down the nose coaming and off the refuelling probe and hightailed it for the armoury
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