26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) – KA-DFN
Two Indian Air Force Canberra B(I) Mk.58 bombers from the No.5 Squadron, on a United Nations mission, attacked Kolwezi airfield, destro...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6B –
An AVENSA DC-6 was hijacked by five armed students who forced the pilot to circle Caracas while they dropped anti-Government leaflets o...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation – CS-TLF
Six passengers, opponents of Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, hijacked the TAP airliner and forced its crew to circle ov...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) – KAT-04
The C-47 was seized by the United Nations on August 28, 1961 at Lubumbashi Airport. It was shot down the next month near Kolwezi.
26
Mar
Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) – G-APIN
Destroyed on the ground by Katangan Air Force Fouga Magister.
26
Mar
Douglas DC-4-1009 – OO-ADN
DC-4 OO-ADN was parked directly in front of the tower at the Elizabethville Airport (now Lubumbashi). A Katangese Air Force Fouga Magis...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) – UN-209
Destroyed by fire during after being hit when a Fouga Magister jet attacked at Elizabethville Airport.
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8 –
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46 Commando –
Some five minutes after takeoff from Havana, five hijackers attempted to enter the flight deck. Two guards tried to stop the hijackers ...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-4 – EP-ADK
The DC-4 was flying back to Tehran after a cargo flight to Beirut at FL130-FL150 when it became lost. The plane is presumed to have flo...