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Nimrod Accident Highlights Common Safety Problems

Steve Scott

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

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Crew Reported An Out-Of-Control Electrical Fire The air war in Afghanistan is growing more lethal by the day. Case in point: An RAF Nimrod MR2 broke up at around 3000ft above ground level during an emergency descent towards Kandahar, Afghanistan following an internal electrical fire that began shortly before at around 20,000ft. Twelve RAF crew and two non-RAF Mission Specialists were killed when the aircraft impacted 12 miles west of Kandahar. The fatal Nimrod crash highlights the omnipresent danger of…

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