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This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
This category lists confirmed incidents in which civil airliners have been shot down by military combat aircraft, typically by fighters. Incidents are listed regardless of cause or intent (i.e., factors such as alleged misidentification of the target or navigational errors are immaterial).
The Shanghai Y-10 or Yun-10 (Chinese: 运-10; lit. 'Transporter-10') is a four engined narrow-body jet airliner developed in the 1970s by the Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute. The plane used Boeing's 707-320C as reference, designed according to Federal Aviation Regulation (Part 25, 1970 edition).
Airliner shot down [37] Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. United Kingdom 1946 Test pilot de Havilland DH 108: Hoo Peninsula: Aircraft broke up while carrying out high-speed tests John de Havilland: United Kingdom 1943 Test pilot de Havilland Mosquito: Hatfield, England Mid-air collision Léon Delagrange: France 1910 Aviator and sculptor Bleriot XI ...
A view shows damages in the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer passenger plane that crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024 in this screengrab from a video obtained ...
Two U.S.-based airlines were struck by gunfire Monday while flying in Haiti’s airspace. One plane, a Spirit Airlines flight, was hit by bullets while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince. The ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
JetBlue Airways said a New York-bound flight from Haiti was struck by gunfire on the same day a Spirit Airlines plane was shot, forcing the company to temporarily halt all flights to the Caribbean ...