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7 airplanes have been shot down by missiles since year 2000

Date : 4th May, 2020
Airline : East African Express Airways
Aircraft : Embraer 120RT
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Location : Bardale, Somalia
People on board : 6
Fatalities : 6
4th May, 2020
East African Express Airways Embraer 120RT with 6 people onboard shot down in Somalia
The Embraer EMB-120 operated by East African Express Airways took off from Mogadishu, the capital and most populous city of Somalia, for a charter freight flight. It made an intermediate stop…
Date : 8th January, 2020
Airline : Ukraine International Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-8KV
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Location : Tehran, Iran
People on board : 176
Fatalities : 176
8th January, 2020
Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 with 176 people onboard shot down in Iran
The Boeing 737-800, operated by UIA Ukraine International Airlines, took off from Tehran, Iran, for a passenger flight to Kiev, Ukraine. 167 passengers and 9 crewmembers were onboard. The…
Date : 17th July, 2014
Airline : Malaysia Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 777-200
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Location : Donetsk, Ukraine
People on board : 298
Fatalities : 298
17th July, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 298 people onboard shot down in Ukraine
The Boeing 777-200 operated by Malaysia Airlines took off from Amsterdam, Netherlands, for a passenger flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 283 passengers and 15 crewmember were onboard. The…
Date : 23rd March, 2007
Airline : Transaviaexport Airlines
Aircraft : Ilyushin IL-76TD
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Location : Mogadishu, Somalia
People on board : 11
Fatalities : 11
23rd March, 2007
Transaviaexport Airlines Ilyushin IL-76TD with 11 people onboard shot down in Somalia
The Ilyushin IL-76 belonging to the Belarus-based Transaviaexport Airlines had delivered equipment for Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the Somalia capital. It crashed shortly after take…
Date : 22nd November, 2003
Airline : DHL Cargo
Aircraft : Airbus A300B4-203F
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Location : Baghdad, Iraq
People on board : 3
Fatalities : 0
22nd November, 2003
DHL Cargo Airbus A300B4 freighter with 3 people onboard shot down in Iraq
The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Baghdad to Bahrein. It was impacted by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff from the Baghdad International Airport (Irak). The wing and wing…
Date : 4th October, 2001
Airline : Sibir Airlines
Aircraft : Tupolev TU-154M
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Location : Off Sochi, Russia
People on board : 77
Fatalities : 77
4th October, 2001
Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154M with 77 people onboard shot down in Russia
The aircraft exploded over the Black Sea while on a passenger flight from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia via Bugas, Bulgaria. The pilot of a nearby aircraft reported seeing the…
Date : 1st February, 2001
Airline : Angola Military
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26
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Location : Luena, Angola
People on board : 22
Fatalities : 22
1st February, 2001
Angola Military Antonov 26 with 22 people onboard shot down in Angola
UNITA rebels claim to have downed the aircraft as it approached Luena on a military flight. All the 22 people onboard were killed.