ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329850
| Date: | Friday 9 August 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo (DHC-5) |
| Owner/operator: | United Nations - UN |
| Registration: | 115461 |
| MSN: | 16 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Dimas -
 Syria
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
| Damascus International Airport (DAM/OSDI) |
Shot down by Syrian surface-to-air missiles. The Buffalo transport plane was providing logistical support to UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East.
Syrian authorities claimed that the aircraft was passing at a time when Israeli aircraft were attacking targets in Lebanon close to the border with Syria. Syrian air defences engaged the Israeli aircraft after they reportedly violated Syrian airspace.
Sources:
The Vancouver Sun - Aug 9, 1974
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