ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205928
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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16I Soufa |
| Owner/operator: | 201 Sqn IDF (Israeli Defence Force) |
| Registration: | 868 |
| MSN: | YD-79 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jezreel Valley, northern Israel -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The F-16 was downed by Syrian anti-aircraft fire. Probably S-200 SAM missile. Both pilots ejected safely. One of them was severly injured.
25 feb 2018: The Israeli military says a “professional error” by a flight crew caused an air force jet to be struck and crash during an attack on a target in Syria. "The crew did not follow standard procedure while under enemy fire. The crew chose to complete the mission and did not adequately defend themselves.".
Sources:
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Report-Israeli-F-16-crashes-pilots-safe-542192
http://www.dw.com/en/israeli-warplane-crashes-amid-cross-border-escalation-with-syria/a-42527757
https://muraselon.com/2018/02/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A9-f-16-%D8%A7%D9%84/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/10/israeli-fighter-jet-shot-down-by-syrian-fire-says-military
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-professional-error-cited-in-air-force-crash/2018/02/25/3992aa1c-1a5a-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html?noredirect=onutm_term=.fe6b8993e240
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/242400
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/mishaps-and-accidents/year/2018/
Media:
Israeli F-16 warplane crashes amid cross-border escalation with Syria. https://t.co/upDJDRSKEB pic.twitter.com/EDk41xeNAw
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 10 février 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2018 08:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Feb-2018 08:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Feb-2018 09:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Feb-2018 10:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2018 14:58 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2018 00:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 25-Feb-2018 21:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 21:18 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Nov-2018 14:42 | rvargast17 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2020 16:12 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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