ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326184
| Date: | Friday 20 October 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Tapu Kadastro Genel Müdürlügü |
| Registration: | TC-KUN |
| MSN: | 272 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Hatay -
 Turkey
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF) |
| Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF) |
The Islander had departed Adana (ADA) for a photo mapping flight of a forested area near the border with Syria. Some 20 km from the Syrian border the airplane was shot down by two Syrian Air Force MiG-21bis fighter jets.
Sources:
De Volkskrant 23-10-1989
Scramble Vol.11, nr.05
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