An Entity of Type: GroupAction101080366, from Named Graph: http://dbpedia.org, within Data Space: dbpedia.org

The 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot down occurred on November 25, 1985, in Angola during the Angolan Civil War. An Aeroflot Antonov An-12BP cargo aircraft operated by the Soviet Air Force flying from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda was shot down, allegedly by South African Special Forces, and crashed approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango province. The incident took place in the aftermath of the Soviet Union-backed People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola's (FAPLA) operation 2 Congresso do Partido conducted against units of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, which received support from South Africa). The transport was carrying eight crew members, 13 passengers and two tank diesel engines in need of repairs. Accordi

Property Value
dbo:abstract
  • The 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot down occurred on November 25, 1985, in Angola during the Angolan Civil War. An Aeroflot Antonov An-12BP cargo aircraft operated by the Soviet Air Force flying from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda was shot down, allegedly by South African Special Forces, and crashed approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango province. The incident took place in the aftermath of the Soviet Union-backed People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola's (FAPLA) operation 2 Congresso do Partido conducted against units of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, which received support from South Africa). The transport was carrying eight crew members, 13 passengers and two tank diesel engines in need of repairs. According to eyewitnesses from the local populace and investigative reports the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile (SAM). All people on board the aircraft died in the crash. (en)
  • Катастрофа Ан-12 в Анголе — авиационная катастрофа самолёта Ан-12БП советских ВВС, произошедшая 25 ноября 1985 года в районе Менонге (Ангола), при этом погибло 23 человека (экипаж — 8, пассажиры — 15, из них 4 советских военных советника и 11 ангольских военнослужащих ФАПЛА). Самолёт сбит южноафриканским спецназом с помощью ЗРК Стрела-1. (ru)
dbo:thumbnail
dbo:wikiPageExternalLink
dbo:wikiPageID
  • 30573934 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageLength
  • 12657 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
dbo:wikiPageRevisionID
  • 1050934541 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
dbp:aircraftType
dbp:caption
  • An Aeroflot Antonov An-12 similar to SSSR-11747. (en)
dbp:coordinates
dbp:crew
  • 8 (xsd:integer)
dbp:date
  • 1985-11-25 (xsd:date)
dbp:destination
dbp:fatalities
  • 21 (xsd:integer)
dbp:imageSize
  • 300 (xsd:integer)
dbp:name
  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
dbp:operator
dbp:origin
dbp:passengers
  • 13 (xsd:integer)
dbp:site
  • Approx. 43 km east of Menongue (en)
dbp:survivors
  • 0 (xsd:integer)
dbp:tailNumber
dbp:type
  • Airliner shoot-down, in-flight fire and mid-air break up (en)
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Катастрофа Ан-12 в Анголе — авиационная катастрофа самолёта Ан-12БП советских ВВС, произошедшая 25 ноября 1985 года в районе Менонге (Ангола), при этом погибло 23 человека (экипаж — 8, пассажиры — 15, из них 4 советских военных советника и 11 ангольских военнослужащих ФАПЛА). Самолёт сбит южноафриканским спецназом с помощью ЗРК Стрела-1. (ru)
  • The 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot down occurred on November 25, 1985, in Angola during the Angolan Civil War. An Aeroflot Antonov An-12BP cargo aircraft operated by the Soviet Air Force flying from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda was shot down, allegedly by South African Special Forces, and crashed approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango province. The incident took place in the aftermath of the Soviet Union-backed People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola's (FAPLA) operation 2 Congresso do Partido conducted against units of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, which received support from South Africa). The transport was carrying eight crew members, 13 passengers and two tank diesel engines in need of repairs. Accordi (en)
rdfs:label
  • 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot-down (en)
  • Катастрофа Ан-12 в Анголе (1985) (ru)
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
foaf:depiction
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of
is foaf:primaryTopic of
Powered by OpenLink Virtuoso    This material is Open Knowledge     W3C Semantic Web Technology     This material is Open Knowledge    Valid XHTML + RDFa
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License