Dornier DO228 crash, Feb 24, 1985 (3 killed), Dakhla
Dornier DO228 accident on February 24, 1985 near Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara with 3 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a surface to air...
- Date: February 24, 1985
- Aircraft: Dornier DO228
- Location: Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Shot down by a surface to air missile fired by Polisario Front forces.
The Alfred Wegener Institute's Dornier Do 228 Polar 3 was returning from Antarctica when it was shot down near Dakhla, Western Sahara, on 24 February 1985. All three crew, the pilot, copilot and mechanic, were killed and the aircraft was written off.