Date:	Monday 3 May 1982
Time:
Type:	Gulfstream American G-1159 Gulfstream II
Owner/operator:	Algerian Government
Registration:	7T-VHB
MSN:	230
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	Qotur -   Iran
Phase:	En route
Nature:	SF
Departure airport:	Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG)
Destination airport:	Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)

Narrative:
The Gulf was en route from Cyprus to Tehran at FL370 with the Algerian foreign minister on board when it was shot down by an Iraqi Air Force MiG-25PD fighter aircraft. The crew had been warned by the Air Defence Radar operator who requested the pilot to return to Ankara.

Exhumating the Dead Iraqi Air Force / Tom Cooper (ACIG.org)

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