Shot Down
1939 - 1945 - - Numerous passenger planes shot down during WWII.
1952 - 1954 - - Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Korean War.
07/27/1955 Near Petrich, Bulgaria El Al Shot down by a Bulgarian fighter jet.
06/01/1959 Aerolineas Nacionales Nicaragua Shot down by a Nicaraguan Air Force fighter.
1965 - 1970 - - Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Vietnam war.
10/02/1972 Kampot, Cambodia Cambodia Air Shot down by a mortar shell while approaching to land at Kampot.
02/21/1973 Near Isma'iliya, Egypt Libya Arab Airlines Shot down by Israeli Phantom fighters.
09/03/1978 Kariba, Rhodesia Air Rhodesia Shot down with surface-to-air missile.
02/12/1979 Kariba, Rhodesia Air Rhodesia Shot down with surface-to-air missle
05/16/1981 Menongue, Angola TAAG Angola Airlines Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
11/08/1983 Lubango, Huila, Angola TAAG Angola Airlines Shot down by rebels with a surface to air missile.
1985 - 1987 - - Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Afghanistan war.
08/16/1986 Malakal, Sudan Sudan Airways Shot down by SPLA rebels with surface-to-air missiles
05/05/1987 Malakal, Sudan Sasco Air Lines Shot down by rebels shortly after taking off.
07/03/1988 Persian Gulf Iran Air Shot down by the U.S. Navy vessel U.S.S. Vincennes with surface-to-air missiles.
06/28/1989 Borana, Somalia Somali Airlines Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
09/21/1993 Sukhumi, Georgia Transair Georgia Airlines Shot down with a missile by Abkhazi separatist rebels.
04/06/1994 Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Government Shot down by missile.
09/02/1998 Angola Permaviatrans Shot down by UNITA rebels.
09/29/1998 Mannar, Sri Lanka Lionair Shot down by LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) rebels.
12/14/1998 Cuito, Angola Khors Aircompany Shot down by UNITA rebels.
07/01/1999 Luzamba, Angola Savanair The cargo plane was shot down by UNITA rebels.
10/04/2001 Sochi, Russia Sibir Airlines Shot down accidentally by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile.
12/14/2001 Geti, DRC Eagle Air Shot down by Allied Democratic Forces rebels.
07/17/2014 Hrabove, Ukraine Malaysia Airlines Shot down.
01/08/2020 Shahiiah. Ukraine Ukraine Inter Airlines Shot down by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

 


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