U.S. officials have confirmed that a surface-to-air missile hit the Malaysia Airlines flight that went down over Ukraine on Thursday. As NPR notes, it’s rare for a civilian airliner to be shot down from the air even though it’s not unheard of. Here are four other notable instances of passenger planes being shot down: Feb. 21, 1973: Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 Flight 114 was traveling from Tripoli to Cairo when it veered into the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, according to the Jerusalem Post. (At the time, Israel controlled that airspace, according to NPR.) Two Israeli fighter jets then …read more
Source: Business Insider
