Date: | Monday 27 August 1984 |
Time: | 10:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Jinotega -
Nicaragua
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El Aguacate Airport (MHGE) |
Destination airport: | El Aguacate Airport (MHGE) |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47 transport plane was engaged in a military operation to supply a right-wing rebel group that was fighting Nicaragua's revolutionary Sandinista government. The aircraft was shot down by a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army who fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7).
Sources:
La Nación 30 August 1984, p20A skywar.ru Nicaragua Says It Downed A Rebel Supply Plane (New York Times, 29-8-1984)
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