7 airplanes have been shot down by missiles since year 2000

4th May, 2020

East African Express Airways Embraer 120RT with 6 people onboard shot down in Somalia

The Embraer EMB-120 operated by East African Express Airways took off from Mogadishu, the capital and most populous city of Somalia, for a charter freight flight. It made an intermediate stop…

8th January, 2020

Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 with 176 people onboard shot down in Iran

The Boeing 737-800, operated by UIA Ukraine International Airlines, took off from Tehran, Iran, for a passenger flight to Kiev, Ukraine. 167 passengers and 9 crewmembers were onboard. The…

17th July, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 298 people onboard shot down in Ukraine

The Boeing 777-200 operated by Malaysia Airlines took off from Amsterdam, Netherlands, for a passenger flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 283 passengers and 15 crewmember were onboard. The…

23rd March, 2007

Transaviaexport Airlines Ilyushin IL-76TD with 11 people onboard shot down in Somalia

The Ilyushin IL-76 belonging to the Belarus-based Transaviaexport Airlines had delivered equipment for Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the Somalia capital. It crashed shortly after take…

22nd November, 2003

DHL Cargo Airbus A300B4 freighter with 3 people onboard shot down in Iraq

The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Baghdad to Bahrein. It was impacted by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff from the Baghdad International Airport (Irak). The wing and wing…

4th October, 2001

Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154M with 77 people onboard shot down in Russia

The aircraft exploded over the Black Sea while on a passenger flight from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia via Bugas, Bulgaria. The pilot of a nearby aircraft reported seeing the…

1st February, 2001

Angola Military Antonov 26 with 22 people onboard shot down in Angola

UNITA rebels claim to have downed the aircraft as it approached Luena on a military flight. All the 22 people onboard were killed.