Max Q From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3289 posts, RR: 19 Posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 6510 times:
'In 1972, during an attempted coup d' tat, jets from the Royal Moroccan Air Force fired upon the Boeing 727 of King Hassan II of Morocco while he was traveling to Rabat. After the aircraft survived the attack, the king awarded the plane a medal of honor.'
How many airliners have survived an attack by jet fighters ?
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United727 From United States of America, joined Nov 2010, 379 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 6113 times:
Fired upon the 727? sounds to me more like a "shot over the bow" (ie: warning fire)!?!? Although details lack, it seems that the fighters were not forcing their might on the passenger jet.
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BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2309 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 5969 times:
Quoting United727 (Reply 1): Fired upon the 727? sounds to me more like a "shot over the bow" (ie: warning fire)!?!? Although details lack, it seems that the fighters were not forcing their might on the passenger jet.
No, I saw the details of this in a book. The airplane was hit multiple times with fire from the fighters and severely damaged. It managed to limp to the ground.
The FAA's 727 had a mid-air with a light plane that tore off one side of the horizontal stabilizer and it managed to make it back to OKC.
Slightly off-topic, there have been two 707s that have continued to fly and land with 25-30 feet of one of its wings, and the outboard engine, completely ripped off the plane.
maxpower1954 From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 854 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 5844 times:
Don't forget the Alitalia DC-8 hit with an air-to-air missile which managed to get back on the ground in 1970. And also acknolwdge there is an large element of luck surviving such an encounter regardless of manufacturer.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21486 posts, RR: 24 Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 5427 times:
Quoting Max Q (Thread starter): How many airliners have survived an attack by jet fighters ?
One was KE902, the seriously off course KE 707 fired at by Soviet fighters when it strayed into Soviet airspace in 1978 en route from ORY to ANC (fuel stop en route to SEL). Made a successful forced landing onto a frozen lake with part of one wing missing. Unfortunately two passengers were killed from the missile debris. Photos in first link in opening post in this thread. Photos Of 1978 Korean Air 707 Forced Landing (by Gyojoo Jun 6 2008 in Civil Aviation)
Unfortunately the off-course KE 747 (KE007) shot down by the Soviets 5 years later wasn't as lucky.
fuelfool From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 133 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 5234 times:
There was a DHL A300 that had its wing tip blown off with an RPG.
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warden145 From United States of America, joined Aug 2010, 427 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 5192 times:
Quoting BoeingGuy (Reply 3): Slightly off-topic, there have been two 707s that have continued to fly and land with 25-30 feet of one of its wings, and the outboard engine, completely ripped off the plane.
Those airplanes were incredibly solidly built.
To quote Joe Patroni, "Take the wings off this and you could use it as a tank! This plane was built to withstand anything, except a bad pilot."
dlednicer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 506 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4793 times:
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Quoting United727 (Reply 1): Fired upon the 727? sounds to me more like a "shot over the bow" (ie: warning fire)!?!? Although details lack, it seems that the fighters were not forcing their might on the passenger jet.
They did directly fire on the aircraft. Legend has it that the King himself got on the radio and pretending to be a crew member, told the F-5 pilots that the cannon fire had killed the King. Only then did they cease firing.
SNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3232 posts, RR: 24 Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3802 times:
Quoting fuelfool (Reply 7): There was a DHL A300 that had its wing tip blown off with an RPG.
Tbone354 From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 73 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3802 times:
I knew there was more to the 727 than a hot figure! Good for her! God bless her and Eastern.
cruiseshipcrew From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 189 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2714 times:
The 727-200 is a beautiful bird. Visited an old friend yesterday and took these photos. Just today a beautiful all white -200 landed next to my hotel from the Houston Rockets basketball team.
atlturbine From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 158 posts, RR: 15 Reply 14, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2448 times:
Let's not forget about the Hawker 800 struck by a missile. This Hawker is still in service at my local airport.
"This airplane was designed to have an airframe that would never fail, and none has. It is approved for unpaved runways, even sod -- something very rare for a jet -- and Hawkers have survived both a ground-launched missile strike over Africa and a collision with a glider over the western United States. The crews of both airplanes landed without injury to passengers, though the captain of the Hawker that collided with the glider was injured when the glider's wing smashed into the nose of the jet."
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