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In this installment we review the unfortunate history of several commercial planes and flights that have been shot down by missiles by mistake or intentionally..
History repeats itself and again a commercial plane was shot down by a missile intended for military conflicts and other interests, generating innocent victims plus a new upheaval in the industry safest air transport in the world.
The air accidents have always allowed aviation to learn from these unfortunate events and improve, but war conflicts once again generate the debate on the responsibility of the operation during times of conflict.
Commercial aircraft shot down by missiles
The website aviation-safety.net It collects on its portal the most extensive data on accidents in the world and in this we have been able to find several downed commercial airplanes, The idea in this publication is to know them historically and not about the conflicts or political differences that generated them..
According to Aviation Safety, a total of 678 accidents or incidents have occurred in history between earth events – air and air – air between military aircraft, minor and commercial, so we will show in this publication only a few and those that I have considered most representative..
Ukraine International Airlines 752
| Date: |
Wednesday 8 January 2020 |
| Hour: |
6:18 |
| Type: |
|
| Boeing 737-8KV (WL) |
| Operator: |
Ukraine International Airlines |
| Registration: |
UR-PSR |
| Year of construction: |
| 2016-06-21 (3 years 7 months) |
|
| Crew: |
fatalities: 9 / occupants: 9 |
| passengers: |
| fatalities: 167 / occupants: 167 |
|
| Total: |
fatalities: 176 / occupants: 176 |
| Aircraft Damage: |
|
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
| Phase: |
On Route (ENR) |
| Nature: |
Scheduled International Flight |
| Departure airport: |
Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport (FISH/FISH), Iran |
| Arrival airport: |
Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB), Ukraine |
| Flight number: |
PS752 |
Description
Iran declared the 11 of January of 2020 that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile due to "human error". Hours before the demolition, Iran had attacked US bases in Iraq. The missile was probably a 9K331 Tor-M1 missile, fired from a Tor missile system located at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base (IRGC).
Malaysia Airlines 17
| Date: |
Thursday 17 julio 2014 |
| Hour: |
16:20 |
| Type: |
Boeing 777-2H6ER |
| Operator: |
Malaysia Airlines |
| Registration: |
9M-MRD |
| Serial number: |
28411/84 |
| Year of construction: |
1997-07-17 (17 years ) |
| Crew: |
fatalities: 15 / occupants: 15 |
| passengers: |
fatalities: 283 / occupants: 283 |
| Total: |
fatalities: 298 / occupants: 298 |
| Aircraft Damage: |
Destroyed |
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
| Phase: |
On Route (ENR) |
| Nature: |
Scheduled International Flight |
| Departure airport: |
Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Arrival airport: |
Kuala Lumpur Subang International Airport (KUL/WMKK), Malaysia |
| Flight number: |
MH17 |
Description:
A warhead detonated outside and above the left side of the cockpit of flight MH17. It was a 9N314M warhead carried on the 9M38 missile series installed on the Buk surface-to-air missile system..
Sibir Airlines 1812
| Date: |
Thursday 4 october 2001 |
| Hour: |
13:45 |
| Type: |
Tupolev Tu-154M |
| Operator: |
Sibir Airlines |
| Registration: |
RA-85693 |
| Serial number: |
90A866 |
| Year of construction: |
1990 |
| Crew: |
| fatalities: 12 / occupants: 12 |
|
| passengers: |
fatalities: 66 / occupants: 66 |
| Total: |
fatalities: 78 / occupants: 78 |
| Aircraft Damage: |
Destroyed |
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
Description:
During the international flight an altitude of 11,100 m, the plane was hit by the 5B14Sh warhead of a 5B28 missile from an S-200B surface-to-air missile system, launched from a position near the city of Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula.
Congolese Air Lines
| Date: |
Saturday 10 october 1998 |
| Type: |
|
| Boeing 727-30 |
| Operator: |
Congolese Air Lines – LAC / CAL |
| Registration: |
9Q-CSG |
| Serial number: |
18369/125 |
| Year of construction: |
1965-03-10 (33 years 7 months) |
| Crew: |
fatalities: 3 / occupants: 3 |
| passengers: |
fatalities: 38 / occupants: 38 |
| Total: |
fatalities: 41 / occupants: 41 |
| Aircraft Damage: |
annulled |
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
Description:
The plane was shot down by rebel forces with a 9K32 Strela-2 surface-to-air missile. (also known as SA-7) about three minutes after leaving Kindu for Kinshasa. The Boeing crashed into dense jungle while the captain attempted to make an emergency landing.
Korean Air Lines 007
| Date: |
Thursday 1 September 1983 |
| Hour: |
3:26 |
| Type: |
|
| Boeing 747-230B |
| Operator: |
Korean Air Lines – KAL |
| Registration: |
HL7442 |
| Crew: |
fatalities: 23 / occupants: 23 |
| passengers: |
fatalities: 246 / occupants: 246 |
| Total: |
fatalities: 269 / occupants: 269 |
| Aircraft Damage: |
Destroyed |
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
| Phase: |
On Route (ENR) |
| Nature: |
Scheduled International Flight |
| Departure airport: |
Anchorage International Airport, AND (ANC/PANC), United States of America |
| Arrival airport: |
Seoul-Gimpo (A loan) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
| Flight number: |
KE007 |
Description:
The plane was hit by one or two missiles fired by a USSR Sukhoi Su-15, which resulted in holes in the fuselage with a total area of the order of 1.75 square feet (0.16 m2). As a result of the damage caused by the missile, The aircraft initially descended and the vertical acceleration increased to approximately 1.2 g for three to five seconds.
Iran Air 655
| Date: |
Sunday 3 July 1988 |
| Time: |
10:24 |
| Type: |
|
| Airbus A300B2-203 |
| Operator: |
Iran Air |
| Registration: |
EP-MOM |
| C/n / msn: |
186 |
| First flight: |
1982-03-16 (6 years 4 months) |
| Crew: |
| Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
|
| Passengers: |
Fatalities: 274 / Occupants: 274 |
| Total: |
Fatalities: 290 / Occupants: 290 |
| Aircraft damage: |
Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
Description:
The missiles were fired by the US Navy cruiser USS Vincennes. UU. It was operating in the area along with the frigates USS Elmer Montgommery and USS John H. Sides. They had to protect other ships in the area.
Approximately when the Airbus took off, The radar aboard the USS Vincennes picked up a brief response of the mode 2 del IFF, which led to the misidentification of the Airbus as a hostile F-14 aircraft.
Aeroflot 902
| state: |
|
| Date: |
Saturday 30 June 1962 |
| Hour: |
16:53 |
| Type: |
Tupolev Tu-104A |
| Operator: |
Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: |
CCCP-42370 |
| Year of construction: |
|
| Crew: |
| fatalities: 8 / occupants: 8 |
|
| passengers: |
fatalities: 76 / occupants: 76 |
| Total: |
| fatalities: 84 / occupants: 84 |
|
| Aircraft Damage: |
Destroyed |
| Impact: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
|
| Phase: |
On Route (ENR) |
| Nature: |
Scheduled Domestic Flight |
Description:
It was established that the plane had been hit by a surface-to-air missile that penetrated the fuselage.
The missile was fired during an air defense exercise in the Magansk area. It deviated after passing through a storm and headed towards the Tu-104.
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