Transair Neutralston Flight 910

Transair Neutralston Flight 910 (TA910/TAN910) was a scheduled passenger flight from Bennington City Airport to Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport that was shot down by the Neutralston Naval Arms on the 5th of July, 1990. Radar contact with the plane, an Ilyushin Il-62M (Registration: NB-EEA), was lost when it was approximately 20km away from the coast, and the wreckage was found in the Irish Sea, 35km away from coast.
== Passengers and crew ==
The incident is the third-deadliest passenger aircraft shoot-down to date. All 110 passengers and 10 crew died. By 8th July, the Neutralston Investigative Force (NIF) had indentified all passengers onboard and refused to compensate their families.
The flight crew were captain Abshir Moalin Mohamed (40), and first officer Mahmoud Ibn Ali Ismael Saad Abdulaziz (45). Captain Mohamed had a total of 7,899 flight hours, including 5,404 hours in Ilyushin Il-62Ms. First Officer Abdulaziz had a total of 12,300 flight hours, including 7,989 hours in Ilyushin Il-62Ms.
== Flight and shoot-down ==
On Thursday, 5th July 1990, Transair Neutralston Flight 910 departed from Bennington City Airport Gate A4 at 20:32 GMT, 32 minutes after the scheduled time, and took off at 20:51 local time. It was due to arrive in Moscow by 23:10 GMT, or 02:10 MSK.
=== Flight data recordings ===
The Neutralston Investigative Force reported that both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder stopped recording at 20:49:22 local time. The flight data recorder indicates that the plane crashed at the position of 53.15577925372656, -4.930663448038104.
=== Missile strike ===
At 20:49:22 local time, a surface-to-air missile, which had been launched by a coastal patrol ship of the Neutralston Naval Arms, struck the right wing of the Ilyushin Il-62 and detonated. The blast and fragments of the missile severely damaged the cabin and instantly killed five passengers. Evidence on the right horizontal stabilizer had also picked up alot of shrapnel from the missile. An explosive decompression occured, tearing the plane into three pieces, and leaving what was left of the cabin depressurized. The aircraft fell rapidly and continued disintegrating before impacting the Irish Sea.