ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328044
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Date: | Saturday 1 August 1981 |
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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | off Beira -
Mozambique
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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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