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Article: U.S. Plane Downed in W. Sahara; DC7 Reportedly Hit By Missile; Crew Of 5 Presumed Dead
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- The Washington Post
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- December 9, 1988
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A DC7 airplane under contract to the Agency for International
Development (AID) to spray locusts in Africa crashed in the western
Sahara desert yesterday, reportedly after a missile attack. All five
crew members were presumed dead.
AID officials here said a second DC7, accompanying the first, was
damaged but managed to land at Sidi Ifni in Morocco.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was monitoring the
situation to determine if there had been a terrorist attack.
A Justice Department spokesman, John Russell, said the
four-engine, propeller-driven plane was reportedly hit by a
heat-seeking missile at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
The five crew members aboard the downed plane were ...