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| Date: | 10 AUG 1999 |
| Type: | Breguet 1150 Atlantic |
| Operator: | Pakistan Navy Air Arm |
| Registration: | 91 |
| C/n / msn: | 33 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ran of Kutch (Pakistan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Karachi-Mehran NAS (OPSF), Pakistan |
| Karachi-Mehran NAS (OPSF), Pakistan |
The Breguet Atlantic was on a surveillance mission over southeastern Pakistan when it, according to India, intruded in its airspace. The airplane was shot down by two Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter planes near the Indian border.
Sources:
» Thomas Brügge
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
