What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1988
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 12.35° S, 17.35° E
- Description
- 1988 attempted aircraft shootdown in Angola
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1988 Botswana Government BAe-125 attempted shootdown
1988 attempted aircraft shootdown in Angola
On 7 August 1988, the British Aerospace BAe-125-800A presidential plane of Government of Botswana was attacked by an Air Force of Angola MiG-23 fighter jet, as it was flying from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, Gaborone, Botswana, to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola. The plane then made an emergency landing at an airstrip in Cuíto, Angola.
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