The 17 July 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine is not the first time a missile strike or other aerial attack has been suspected in the crash of a jetliner.
The following events involve confirmed or suspected passenger deaths on large jet airliners due to an attack by missiles, anti-aircraft gunfire, or other aerial attacks.
This list includes inflight events involving air-to-air missiles, ground to air missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, or gunfire. The list excludes fatalities due to hijacking, sabotage, or bombings.
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21 February 1973; Libyan Arab Airlines 727-200; Flight 114; Israeli occupied Sinai
Desert: The aircraft was shot down by Israeli fighter jets after the 727
had strayed into the airspace of the occupied territory. Eight of the nine
crew members and 100 of the 104 passengers were killed.
727 plane crashes
Wikipedia page on this event - 20 April 1978; Korean Air Lines 707-300; flight 902; near Kem, Soviet Union: The aircraft diverted from its planned course on a flight from Paris to Seoul and strayed over the Soviet Union. After being fired upon by an interceptor aircraft, the crew made a forced landing at night on the surface of a frozen lake. Two of the 97 passengers were killed by the hostile fire.
Korean Air Lines plane crashes
Wikipedia page on this event - 1 September 1983; Korean Air Lines 747-200; flight 007; near Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union: The aircraft was shot down by at least one Soviet air to air missile after the 747 had strayed into Soviet airspace. All 240 passengers and 29 crew were killed.
International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors
747 plane crashes
Korean Air Lines plane crashes
Wikipedia page on this event - 3 July 1988; Iranair A300; flight 665; Persian Gulf, near Straits of Hormuz: Aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile from the American naval vessel U.S.S. Vincennes. All 16 crew and 274 passengers were killed.
Iran Air plane crashes
Airbus A300 plane crashes
Wikipedia page on this event - 4 October 2001; Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu154M; flight 1812; Black Sea near Adler, Russia:
The plane crashed about 184 kilometers (114 miles) from southern Russia in the Black Sea, shortly after the aircraft exploded in flight.
The aircraft had departed from Tel Aviv, Israel on a charter flight to Novosibirsk, Russia and was at cruise altitude when the explosion occurred.
The reason for the in-flight explosion, which was witnessed by another airliner flight crew, is not known.
However, various pieces of evidence point to an inadvertent strike by a Ukrainian military missile.
All 12 crew members and 64 passengers were killed.
Wikipedia page on this event 24 June 2014; Pakistan International Airlines (PIA); A31-300; AP-BGN; flight PK756; Peshawar, Pakistan The aircraft was on a scheduled international flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Peshawar, Pakistan, when it was struck by several bullets shortly before landing. Two cabin crew members and one passenger were hit, and the passenger died of her injuries. There were no other injuries among the 10 other crew members or 177 other passengers.
Fatal PIA Events
Airbus A310 plane crashes- 17 July 2014; Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER; 9M-MRD; flight MH17; near Grabovo, Ukraine:
The aircraft was on a scheduled international flight between Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aircraft in cruise at about 33,000 feet when it experienced a catastrophic in flight breakup. Substantial circumstantial evidence indicates that the jet was hit by a surface to air missile.
All 283 passengers and 15 crew members were killed.
Fatal Malaysia Airlines Events
777 plane crashes
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"Substantial circumstantial evidence indicates that the jet was hit by a surface to air missile"
ReplyDeleteWRONG! There is no such evidence. The available evidence, on the contrary, suggests MH17 was shot down from the air.