2006 Royal Air Force Nimrod crash
XV230 at the Waddington Airshow, July 2005 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 September 2006 |
| Summary | On board fire following aerial refuelling |
| Site | Chalaghor in the Panjwaye District of Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Nimrod MR2 |
| Operator | Royal Air Force |
| Registration | XV230 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 14 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all fourteen crew members on board. The crash, which occurred during a reconnaissance flight, was the biggest single loss of life suffered by the British military since the Falklands War.