 An RAF Harrier aircraft followed the Nimrod down and the pilot saw a wing explode, followed a few seconds later by the rest of the aircraft.The crash site was about west-north-west of Kandahar Airfield (which is located south-east of the city of Kandahar) between two villages called Chil Khor and Fatehullah Qala in the Panjwaye District.The twelve RAF personnel, a Royal Marine and a British Army soldier aboard Nimrod MR2 XV230 were killed.