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Sep. 25, 1958 - Scimitar Aircraft Crashes Into The Sea When Landing On Aircraft Carrier: One of the Navy's new twin-engine Scimitar aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, crashed into the sea this of er-noon, when landing on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Victorious at Portsmouth. The aircraft sank with the pilot, CDR J.D. Russell still in it. H.M.S. Victorious, which has undergone a long refit went to sea fro Portsmouth for the first tie as an R.N. Ship. It was handed over to the Captain on Monday. She was going out to take on her aircraft before going to the ship Mediterranean. The aircraft included scimitars, the latest naval interception day fighters of Transonic speed. Photo Shows A helicopter patrolling by the side of the carrier for the fly-on, lowers a man on a winch in a vain attempt to free the pilot from the sinking aircraft today The aircraft today. The aircraft sank with the pilot still in it

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Crashed Crashes H.m.s Handed Interception Lowers Monday Patrolling Portsmouth Refit Sank Scimitar Scimitars Transonic Twin-engine Undergone Vain Victorious Winch

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