1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash
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1975-abbar-avro-vulcan-crash-257-10176358
title:
1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash
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The 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 14 October 1975 when an Avro Vulcan B.2 bomber crashed after an aborted landing at RAF Luqa. The aircraft crashed in a residential area in Żabbar, and five crew members and one civilian on the ground were killed. The two pilots managed to eject and survived the accident. The crash caused extensive damage to many buildings in Żabbar. An investigation of the accident cited pilot error as the primary cause.
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Crash of a British jet bomber in eastern Malta
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_%C5%BBabbar_Avro_Vulcan_crash
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2024-02-16T12:08:01Z
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