The aircraft involved in the accident was XV230, the first of 38 Nimrod maritime reconnaissance/strike aircraft to enter operational service with the Royal Air Force on 2 …

BAe Nimrod XV230 departed at 13:43 for a mission over Afghanistan, in support of coalition forces engaging the Taliban. At 15:30 the airplane rendezvoused with an RAF Lockheed …

Oct 28, 2009 · The Nimrod Review: an independent review into the broader issues surrounding the loss of the RAF Nimrod MR2 aircraft XV230 in Afghanistan in 2006 report - Full Text. Ref: …

On September 2, 2006, RAF Nimrod XV230 suffered a catastrophic mid-air fire, shortly after air-to-air refuelling, on a routine mission over Afghanistan. This led to the loss of the aircraft and …

Air-to-air refuelling appeared to pass without incident and XV230's crew prepared to turn east, towards their operational area. Eleven minutes later a bomb bay fire warning, either coincident …

Jan 9, 2012 · On September 2, 2006, coalition forces mounted an offensive to clear the Taliban from the city of Panjwayi, Afghanistan. Manned by a 14-member crew, Nimrod XV230 flew …

Jan 27, 2016 · On 2 September 2006, RAF Nimrod XV230 was on a routine mission over Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in support of NATO and Afghani ground forces. …

On 2 September 2006 Royal Air Force (RAF) Nimrod XV230, with 14 crew on board, departed for a surveillance mission over Afghanistan, in support of coalition forces engaging the Taliban. …

11 years later, 2nd September 2006, Nimrod XV230 crashed whilst carrying out a NATO mission near Kandahar in Afghanistan. All 14 people onboard XV230 were killed which included 12 …

1. On 2 September 2006 Nimrod XV230 took off from its Deployed Operating Base at 0913Z1 en route to Southern Afghanistan. At 1111:33, approximately 90 seconds after receiving 22 000 …