Harrier Jump Jet two systems are fully interlinked but air is not supplied to the reaction control valves during conventional wingborne flight. Harrier Jump Jet The Harrier, informally referred to as the Harrier Jump Jet, is a family of jet-powered attack aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing operations (V/STOL). Named after a bird of prey, it was originally developed by British manufacturer Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s. The Harrier emerged as the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many attempted during that era, despite being a subsonic aircraft, unlike most of its competitors. It was conceived to operate from improvised bases,
Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 411 was an international scheduled flight from Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow to Freetown, Sierra Leone via Dakar in Senegal. Early on 6 July 1982, the four-engined Ilyushin Il-62 crashed and was destroyed by fire after two engines shut down shortly after take-off. All 90 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the crash. The accident aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-62M, with registration SSSR-86513. Its first flight was in November 1980 and it had flown slightly more than 4,800 hours prior to the accident. The Il-62's four jet engines are mounted in pairs, on