That talks about a DHL aircraft which was hit by a shoulder mounted missile over iraq in 2003. Luckily the plane crash landed without any fatalities. In fact if you want more information on this, there was a whole episode of "Air Crash Investigations" (or "Mayday" depending on where you are) on it.
Also, from the article:
In the past 25 years there have been 35 shoulder-fired missile attacks on civil aircraft, 24 resulting in crashes with 500 fatalities, according to AOC, the electronic warfare and information operations association, in Alexandria, Va. :o)
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http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iraq-03a.html
That talks about a DHL aircraft which was hit by a shoulder mounted missile over iraq in 2003. Luckily the plane crash landed without any fatalities. In fact if you want more information on this, there was a whole episode of "Air Crash Investigations" (or "Mayday" depending on where you are) on it.
Also, from the article: In the past 25 years there have been 35 shoulder-fired missile attacks on civil aircraft, 24 resulting in crashes with 500 fatalities, according to AOC, the electronic warfare and information operations association, in Alexandria, Va. :o)