07jan2018: Saudi Panavia Tornado down, possibly shot down...

[Stratofreighter]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=203972
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yeme ... SKBN1EW0NV

A warplane from Saudi Arabia’s air forces fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen crashed on Sunday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations, a statement carried by the Saudi state news agency SPA said.

The Houthi armed movement’s TV channel al-Massirah earlier said Houthi forces had shot down the fighter in Saada province, adding it was a Britain-made Tornado.

The Saudi statement said the plane had crashed in the war zone. It said the Saudi-led coalition conducted a special operation to evacuate the two pilots who survived the crash.

[fisherman]

Just found this, Saudi F15S downed.

https://youtu.be/kYtuf7J_5vM

The Houthis say the downing of the F-15S is separate from the Jan. 7, 2018 incident, where rebel forces ‘supposedly’ downed a Saudi Tornado IDS/ECR attack aircraft. The Saudi-led coalition claims the Tornado experienced “a technical fault and crashed in the war zone,” despite Yemen’s Air Force and Air Defense commander Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami praised the army’s defense capabilities.

[Stratofreighter]

That Saudi F-15 Eagle probably was not shot down eventually.
https://theaviationist.com/2018/01/09/y ... -of-sanaa/

But indeed, it may have been a "brown-and-wet trousers moment" for the Saudi crew!
Close call