ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228019
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| Date: | Monday 3 June 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II |
| Owner/operator: | Biruni Remote Sensing Center |
| Registration: | 5A-DKW |
| MSN: | 406-0092 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mitiga Airport -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The twin engine airplane was destroyed in a bombing raids carried out by LNA armed forces between 3 -7 June 2019. The plane was parked at the Mitiga Airport runway since 2018.
Satellite imagery shows the plane to be a Cessna 414, Piper PA-31 or similar twin.
The aircraft is a Cessna F406 '5A-DKW' was operated by Biruni Remote Sensing Center used for aerial photography, digital mapping, geographic systems etc. Aircraft was hit and destroyed by a drone.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/lna
Oded Berkowitz @Oded121351
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/5930323
Media:
#Libya- in a round of airstrikes at some point between June 3 and 7, the #LNA very precisely took out this small aircraft that's been parked along the #Mitiga Airport runway since 2018 pic.twitter.com/O4WHkPfQRH
— Oded Berkowitz (@Oded121351) July 31, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2019 07:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Aug-2019 07:50 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2019 16:23 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2020 07:01 | Sierra Mike | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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