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Some 65 nautical miles west off the Namibian coast, a US Air Force Lockheed C-141B Starlifter collided with a German Air Force Tupolev 154M in mid-air on Sept 13, 1997. Both aircraft crashed, killing all 33 occupants. The Tupolev 154M (11+02), call sign GAF074, operated on a flight from Cologne/Bonn Airport in Germany to Kaapstad, South Africa. En route refueling stops were planned at Niamey, Niger and Windhoek, Namibia. On board were ten crew members and 14 passengers.

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11-02 - Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 8 - Germany - Air Force

West German Air Force

Pete Fothergill 11-02
1,077 3 0 Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 8
11-02 - Eurofighter Typhoon F.2 - Spain - Air Force

AIRE 06

EuroAtlanticAirways 11-02
1,115 0 0 Eurofighter Typhoon F.2

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T7-WMB - Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000 - Private

Maximilian Hermann T7-WMB
2 0 0 Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000
9H-TJB - Boeing 737-8FH - Corendon Airlines Europe

Günther Feniuk 9H-TJB
29 1 0 Boeing 737-8FH
D-BDLR - Dassault Falcon 2000LX - Germany - DLR Flugbetriebe

Maximilian Hermann D-BDLR
73 1 0 Dassault Falcon 2000LX

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71-0879 - McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Gerhard Plomitzer 71-0879
218 2 0 McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale
02-5001 - Boeing C-32B - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Mysterious Boeing 757 (MSN 25494) previously apparently operated by US State Department Foreign Emergency Support Team - serial is 'guessed' from tail number 25001

Gerhard Plomitzer 02-5001
1,037 2 0 Boeing C-32B
67-18898 - Grumman OV-1D Mohawk - United States - US Army

Modified version for Project Seamore with SLAR and IR

Gerhard Plomitzer 67-18898
1,125 0 0 Grumman OV-1D Mohawk

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Mar 01, 1996

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Some 65 nautical miles west off the Namibian coast, a US Air Force Lockheed C-141B Starlifter collided with a German Air Force Tupolev 154M in mid-air on Sept 13, 1997. Both aircraft crashed, killing all 33 occupants. The Tupolev 154M (11+02), call sign GAF074, operated on a flight from Cologne/Bonn Airport in Germany to Kaapstad, South Africa. En route refueling stops were planned at Niamey, Niger and Windhoek, Namibia. On board were ten crew members and 14 passengers.

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11-02 - Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 8 - Germany - Air Force

West German Air Force

Pete Fothergill 11-02
1,077 3 0 Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 8
11-02 - Eurofighter Typhoon F.2 - Spain - Air Force

AIRE 06

EuroAtlanticAirways 11-02
1,115 0 0 Eurofighter Typhoon F.2
T7-WMB - Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000 - Private

Maximilian Hermann T7-WMB
2 0 0 Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000
9H-TJB - Boeing 737-8FH - Corendon Airlines Europe

Günther Feniuk 9H-TJB
29 1 0 Boeing 737-8FH
D-BDLR - Dassault Falcon 2000LX - Germany - DLR Flugbetriebe

Maximilian Hermann D-BDLR
73 1 0 Dassault Falcon 2000LX
71-0879 - McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Gerhard Plomitzer 71-0879
218 2 0 McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale
02-5001 - Boeing C-32B - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Mysterious Boeing 757 (MSN 25494) previously apparently operated by US State Department Foreign Emergency Support Team - serial is 'guessed' from tail number 25001

Gerhard Plomitzer 02-5001
1,037 2 0 Boeing C-32B
67-18898 - Grumman OV-1D Mohawk - United States - US Army

Modified version for Project Seamore with SLAR and IR

Gerhard Plomitzer 67-18898
1,125 0 0 Grumman OV-1D Mohawk
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