ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320487
| Date: | Monday 14 July 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Medavia |
| Registration: | 9H-AEY |
| MSN: | 508 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Tripoli International Airport (TIP) -
 Libya
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |
The airplane was parked in a hangar at Tripoli International Airport (TIP), Libya when heavy fighting broke out between rival militias around the airport. Many aircraft were damaged by shrapnel and RPG hits.
The DHC-8 sustained bullet or shrapnel damage to the tail fin and fuselage.
Sources:
timesofmalta.com
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