Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 1, 1981 (6 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 1, 1981 near Beira, Sofala, Mozambique with 6 fatalities. Cause: Believed to have been mistakenly shot...
- Date: August 1, 1981
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
- Fatalities: 6
- Cause: Believed to have been mistakenly shot down by the Mozambican Army, which took the aircraft for a military airplane towing unidentified equipment.
A Douglas C-47 operated by Hemet Exploration on an aerial survey for Shell near Beira, Mozambique, towing a sensor cable, was hit by two SAM-7 missiles. The aircraft dived and crashed, killing all six occupants.