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Registration: 164198

Construction Number: 961

Code Number: AD-432

Military Unit: VFA-106

Model McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet

Operator: US Navy

Airport: RAF Mildenhall (MHZ / EGUN), UK - England

Photographer: Phil Cossey

Date Taken: 04/11/2000

Date Submitted: 07/12/2018

Written off 11/9/03 during a carrier landing on the CVN-73 USS George Washington when an arrestor wire broke resulting in the aircraft falling into the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia Capes, USA. Both crew ejected safely, but twelve personnel from the flight deck crew were injured.

Picture ID:1632719

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