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Article: AMERICAN PLANE DOWNED IN SAHARA.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 9, 1988
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Byline: Combined wire services
Five Americans said to be working under contract for the U.S. Agency for International Development were missing and presumed dead Thursday after an American plane was shot down by missiles in the Western Sahara region of northern Africa.
The plane was one of two DC-7 passenger jets that were hit by missiles from an as-yet-unidentified source, U.S. officials said. The second plane was able to land safely in Morocco.
"The two planes were part of a major desert-spraying operation the United States is supporting to combat massive swarms of insects in the Sahel," an AID spokesman said.
John Wilkinson, special ...