| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Hémet Exploration |
| Registration: | F-BJHC |
| MSN: | 25756/14311 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | off Beira -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
The DC-3 operated on a magnetometer survey, reportedly on charter to Shell Oil, near Beira and deviated from the original route after ATC instructions. The aircraft was then mistaken for a hostile transport and shot down by a ground-to-air missile.
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