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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 ...
On 29 December, President Aliyev said that Russia had accidentally shot down the plane, accused Russia of attempting to obfuscate and "hush up" the crash, and demanded a full admission of guilt, punishment for those responsible, and compensation for the victims and their families. [5]
– 3 July 1993: Georgian forces shot down a Russia Su-25 over Suchumi. [175] – 4 July 1993: Georgian forces shot down two Russian aircraft one Yak-52 reconnaissance aircraft and a Mi-8T during the Siege of Tkvarcheli. [175] – 4 July 1993: Russian and Abkhazian forces shot down a Georgian Su-25 with a SA-14 missile over Nizhnaya Eshera. [175]
Call sign U106 was shot down by Russian forces near Marinka. [426] 17 July Bayraktar TB2: Call sign T 263 was shot down by Russian Forces in Kherson Oblast, near Heroiskoye. [427] 30 August UJ-22 Airborne: Downed by a Russian Mi-28N. [428] 22 December UJ-25 Skyline: Remains found in Russia. Crashed into the roof of a house. [429] Total: 12
The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the ...
On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border. [1] [2] According to Turkey, the aircraft was fired upon while in Turkish airspace because it violated the border up to a depth of 2.19 kilometres (1.36 miles) for about 17 seconds after being warned to change its heading ten times over a period of five ...
The Russian Defence Ministry said six ATACMS had been shot down but it did not say where. Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-backed head of Crimea, said ATACMS missiles were shot down over the peninsula ...
The HUR also hypothesized that the aircraft might have been shot down by friendly fire while Russian air defenses tried to intercept a drone. Reacting to Russian assertion of POWs on board, it also said that Russia was possibly using Ukrainian POWs as human shields to transport weapons and ammunition. [49]