Beirut - Damascus

On August 9, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Beirut - Damascus experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Al-Dimass Rif Dimashq Governorate (<U+0645><U+062D><U+0627><U+0641><U+0638><U+0629> <U+0631><U+064A><U+0641> <U+062F><U+0645><U+0634><U+0642><U+200E>).

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The airplane was engaged in a special flight from Beirut to Damascus, carrying UNO personnel and various logistical equipment. While descending to Damascus Airport, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles and crashed near Al-Dimass. All nine occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, Syria was engaged in military combat with Israel fighters at the border with Lebanon.

Aircraft reference details include registration 115461, MSN 16, year of manufacture 1968.