ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267277
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Air Force |
| Registration: | 1276 |
| MSN: | 0393215607 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shire, Tigray Province -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| HASC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed about 425m (1400ft) off Shire Airport airstrip.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/MapEthiopia/status/1432735075628617730
https://twitter.com/CourtenaySargon/status/1432739485758918666
https://twitter.com/MapEthiopia/status/1336765040003670016
http://forums.airforce.ru/matchast/4178-reestr-mig-23-sozdadim-vmeste/
Media:
Many months after the event, an image has emerged of an Ethiopian MiG-23 which was lost around Shire in the first months of the fighting in Tigray. This is the second visually confirmed MiG-23 loss from the ETAF throughout the course of the conflict, though 3 are assumed lost. pic.twitter.com/qHIxl6lZCi
— Ethiopia Map (@MapEthiopia) August 31, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2021 09:38 | sinfu2a | Added |
| 07-Sep-2021 14:21 | sinfu2a | Updated [Cn, Source, Embed code] |
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