Flit -- Commercial Aircraft hit by Antiaircraft fire

Commercial aircraft downed by anti-aircraft fire

Date	Airline	Location	Type	Fatalities	Details
16/9/65	Air Vietnam	near Quang Ngai, N. Vietnam	DC-3	38	poss. missile, in flight, communist rebels
11/2/72	Royal Air Lao	near Vientiane, Laos	DC-4	23	poss. missile, in flight, over warzone
2/10/72	Cambodia Air	Kampot, Cambodia	DC-3	9	prob. mortar shell, on landing
19/5/73	Cambodia Air	Svay Rieng, Cambodia	DC-3	11	poss. missile, on takeoff
12/3/75	Air Vietnam	near Pleiku, S. Vietnam	DC-4	26	poss. missile, in flight, over warzone
3/9/78	Air Rhodesia	Kariba, Rhodesia	Viscount	48	SA-7, on takeoff, Nkomo rebels
12/2/79	Air Rhodesia	Kariba, Rhodesia	Viscount	59	SA-7, on takeoff, Nkomo rebels
8/10/83	TAAG Angola	Lubango, Angola	737	130	poss. missile, on takeoff, UNITA (claimed)
4/9/85	Bakhtar	Kandahar, Afghanistan	An-26	52	unidentified missile, on takeoff
16/8/86	Sudan Airways	Malakal, Sudan	F-27	60	SA-7, on takeoff, Sudanese rebels
9/2/87	Aeroflot	Khost, Afghanistan	An-26	36	poss. missile, on takeoff
11/6/87	Bakhtar	near Khost, Afghanistan	An-26	53	unidentified missile, in flight, Afghan rebels
6/11/87	Air Malawi	near Ulongue, Malawi	Skyvan	10	poss. missile, in flight, over warzone
3/7/88	Iran Air	Persian Gulf	A300	290	Standard SM-2, in flight, US Navy, accidental
28/6/89	Somali Airlines	Borana, Somalia	F-27	30	poss. missile, on takeoff
12/6/90	Aeroflot	near Kabul, Afghanistan	Il-76	0	Stinger, in flight, Afghan rebels
9/7/91	Aerochasqui	Bellavista, Peru	CASA 212	15	gunfire, on takeoff, Peruvian police, accidental
21/9/93	Trans. Georgia	Sukhumi, Georgia	Tu-134	27	unidentified missile, on takeoff, Abkhazian rebels
22/9/93	Trans. Georgia	Sukhumi, Georgia	Tu-154	106	unidentified missile, on landing, Abkhazian rebels
30/9/98	Lionair	near Mannar, Sri Lanka	An-24	55	poss. missile, in flight, Tamil Tigers
10/10/98	Congo Air	Kindu, Congo	727	41	SA-7, on takeoff, Tutsi rebels
31/10/00	Aca-Ancango	Monaquimbundo, Angola	An-26	48	poss. missile, on takeoff, UNITA (claimed)
4/10/01	Sibir Airlines	Black Sea	Tu-154	77	SA-5, in flight, Ukraine Navy, accidental

Useful online sources:
Aviation Safety Network
AirDisaster.com
CrashDatabase.com

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