Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 27 February 1991 |
Type: |  Antonov An-12BP |
Operator: | Iraqi Airways |
Registration: | YI-AFJ |
C/n / msn: | 8345910 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Shaykh Mazhar Air Base ( Iraq)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The An-12 transport plane was destroyed by a 1000lb bomb dropped by an RAF Buccaneer aircraft. It was on the ground at what was known as Shaykh Mazhar Air Base, just west of the city of Al-Suwaira, Iraq.
Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
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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.