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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 civilian airliner shot down by a Soviet Air Force Sukhoi Su-15TM interceptor on 1 September 1983, near Moneron Island just west of Sakhalin Island, after it strayed into Soviet airspace. 269 passengers and crew, including US congressman Larry McDonald, were aboard KAL 007; there were ...
8 February 1993 – Iran Air Tours Flight 962 a Tupolev Tu-154 was departing on a non-scheduled flight from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, to Mashhad International Airport when it became involved in a mid-air collision with an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter plane that was on approach to the same airport. All 12 crew members and ...
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).
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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).
“The victim does make an attempt to run inside the business for safety, but, unfortunately, she was struck, it slowed her down, and the suspect again shot her an additional time with a fatal ...
The driver of a Maserati was shot multiple times by Los Angeles police after opening fire on officers Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The incident began as a domestic violence call and turned ...
USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, while attempting to land collided with a smaller craft attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as were an eventual total of 23 of the 89 passengers on the USAir craft. [42]