 A similar de Havilland Canada CC-115. | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 August 1974 |
| Summary | Shot down by missiles |
| Site | Ad Dimas, Syria |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo |
| Operator | Canadian Forces |
| Registration | 115461 |
| Flight origin | Beirut International Airport, Lebanon |
| Destination | Damascus, Syria |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Buffalo 461 was a Canadian military de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo assigned to the second United Nations Emergency Force force in Syria in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 340. Assigned to a peacekeeping force, Buffalo 461 was shot down by three Syrian missiles[1] on August 9, 1974, killing all nine passengers and crew.[2]
The loss of Buffalo 461 remains the largest single-incident loss of life in the history of Canadian peacekeeping operations.[3]
- ^ home.cogeco.ca, The last mission of Buffalo 461 Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 27 June 2009
- ^ Incident description for de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo 115461 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2009-06-27.
- ^ buffalo461.ca, Buffalo 461 – Last Flight, retrieved 27 June 2009