Incident Overview
Date: Monday 27 August 1984
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Unknown
Location: near Jinotega –
ÿ Nicaragua
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Douglas C-47 transport planeDouglas C-47 transport plane
On November 12, 1989, a Douglas C-47 transport plane was struck down by a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army while engaged in a military operation to supply a right-wing rebel group fighting Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. The soldier fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7), resulting in the aircraft’s destruction.On November 12, 1989, a Douglas C-47 transport plane was struck down by a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army while engaged in a military operation to supply a right-wing rebel group fighting Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. The soldier fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7), resulting in the aircraft’s destruction.
Description
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was engaged in a military operation to supply a right-wing rebel group that was fighting Nicaragua’s revolutionary Sandinista government. The aircraft was shot down by a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army who fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7).
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WmEpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e34FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4224%2C3439600, http://www.skywar.ru/contras.htmlhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WmEpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e34FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4224%2C3439600, http://www.skywar.ru/contras.htmlPrimary Cause
Military action by the Sandinista Popular Army soldier.Military action by the Sandinista Popular Army soldier.Share on:
