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| Date: | Wednesday 14 December 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T53 |
| Owner/operator: | Iraqi Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Syria-Iraq border -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
School airplane crashed into bus with international passengers during forced landing on road. 26 killed. Bus driver survived*.
The last airplane from low flying four ship formation crashed into the bus. Four rockets exploded**. Type not confirmed, but possible.
Sources:
La Nacion 16 December1966, p66
Hamburger Abendblatt 16 December 1966**
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2015 18:15 | TB | Added |
| 20-Dec-2016 18:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2018 21:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2018 21:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
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