List of airliner shootdown incidents during major armed conflicts

**Airliner shootdowns during major armed conflicts** have occured since at least the 1940s, but became a major problem beginning in the 1950s with the rapid evolution of technology, especially radar and guided missiles. Incidents narrowly enough avoided are also included

## Usean Revolt

**Usean Air Flight 293**

Three hours after the first major attack on separatist forces Usean Air Flight 293, a McMillan 757, took off from the city of Plaiswell around 25 miles from the de facto border with rebel held territory bound for Selatapura. Twenty minutes after takeoff the pilot transmitted a mayday call reporting that an explosion had blown off the tail of his aircraft and he had lost control, crashing into the outskirts of a small farming town with no survivors. Footage taken from the ground indicated that Flight 293 was shot down by an air-launched missile from around its 7 o'clock, later discovered to be an AA-10 medium range missile fired from a mercenary-flown Su-27 "Flanker" in retaliation for the coalition's opening strikes. The move backfired, with coalition aircraft increasing both combat air patrols and ground attack missions in the aftermath.

## Continental War

**Air Erusea Flight 330**

On September 3rd, 2004 an Air Erusea Mercure 250 was on a flight from occupied San Salvacion to Anchorhead when it deviated from the intended course and entered the exclusion zone surrounding the recently captured Stonehenge, prompting a pair of Armée de l'air Rafales to investigate. After several hails the airliner was unresponsive, one of the fighter pilots reported seeing flashes from the windows and claimed they may have been gunshots. The Erusean commander responsible for Stonehenge authorized the two fighters to shoot it down over the desert, and by that point the plane already had started to lose altitude from fuel starvation. 85 of the 120 passengers and crew survived.

## Circum-Pacific War

**Pan Osean Flight 009**

On April 4th, 2010 the Yuktobanian missile cruiser *Admiral Alexiev* was a part of a large surface flotilla en route to attack Osean forces in the Pacific when it detected a large supersonic contact on radar. Her captain radioed fleet headquarters stating that he believed there was an OADF B-1 Lancer strategic bomber inbound to engage targets inside Yuktobania. In response he recieved the message "Так снимай уже, имбецил" ("Then shoot it down already, imbecile") after which several SA-N-6 surface-to-air missiles were launched, one of which impacted directly. The targeted aircraft, in reality a Pan Osean Airways 2707-400 supersonic transport flying from Fairwether to Gracemeria, was hit in the rear fuselage and crashed into the open ocean around 40 seconds later. 344 of the 361 passengers and crew died with the remaining 17 being picked up 15 hours later by a passing Emmerian-flagged fishing vessel. The incident outraged the Osean public, who demanded those responsible be brought to justice. Among those outraged was CAPT Catherine Powell, commanding officer of the *Sand Tiger*-class attack submarine OFS *Mako* (SSN-24) and her wolfpack, who relentlessly stalked the flotilla before launching a devastating deep water torpedo attack, sinking all but one of the enemy warships including *Admiral Alexiev*.

**Aeroflot Flight 2611**

On November 6th, 2010 Osean Army forces stationed on Adamas Island detected a large aircraft at high altitude and supersonic speed, initially identified as a Yuktobanian Air Force Tu-160 "Blackjack" heavy bomber. Reportedly there was at least one attempt at contacting the aircraft but it proved unsuccessful, now believed to be due to the fact it was being transmitted on an international military frequency unused by civil aircraft. When the aircraft turned towards the island troops feared a large bombing raid, causing an MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to open fire. Two missiles directly hit the target, ripping off the right wing and critically damaging the left, sending it falling over 50,000 feet into the ocean. When Coast Guard boats were sent to locate the wreckage it was discovered that the contact was a Tu-244 "Canebrake" supersonic airliner from Aeroflot on a route from Kosgan in southern Wielvakia to Alendal, the capital of Leasath with 280 passengers and crew on board. Of those 34 survived to be rescued and returned to their home country after the temporary cessation of hostilities in late December. While a formal apology was offered by President Vincent Harling on behalf of the military it was rejected by the Nikanor regime initially, although it was accepted along with financial reparations during the peace process. The Osean media immediately related the incident to Pan Osean Flight 009, which was shot down by a Yuktobanian warship during the first weeks of fighting.

## Lighthouse War and Erusean Civil War

**Aeroflot Flight 744 and Alemmeria Flight 017**

On February 5th, 2020 a major air battle began over the Linsons Islands involving nearly 55 ISAF aircraft led by a detachment from VF-124 and personally commanded by CDR John "Trigger" Faulkner against an estimated 75 Erusean fighters including Rafales and J-20s. The engagement began from around 160 nautical miles with AIM-54E Phoenix-NG air-to-air missiles launched from the F-14Fs of VFA-124 and VF-104 followed by Meteors and AIM-260s from allied forces along with AA-16 and AA-18 long-range missiles from the Erusean fighters. When the fighters closed to visual range an Aeroflot Tu-239 "Clockwork" flew into the area on a flight from San Salvacion to Samakhna, Yuktobania. Thinking on his feet CDR Faulkner detached two F-22Bs from the 122nd SOFS to escort the unlucky airliner out of the combat area only for an Erusean J-20 to get into a firing position on it and launch an AA-15. The airliner broke hard to the right on the prompting of Cyclops 2-1 while 2-2 cut across its tail and released countermeasures, defeating the missile and allowing an Emmerian Typhoon to shoot down the offending fighter. A grueling ten minutes passed until another emergency situation presented itself as an Alemmeria A380-800 entered the combat area. The Emmerian-registered airliner flew very close to the debris cloud of a downed Rafale when avoiding an F-23's tight turn, Some parts of the Rafale were ingested into the inboard port engine leading to a flameout although the experienced pilot, guided out of the airspace by Faulkner, managed to keep the aircraft at its cruising altitude and made a safe emergency landing in southwestern Ratio