1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft information
Downing of two unarmed aircraft in Cuba
1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft
A Cessna 337 similar to the incident aircraft
Incident
Date
February 24, 1996 (1996-02-24)
Summary
Multiple shootdown
Site
Near the northern Cuban coastline
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Cessna 337
Operator
Brothers to the Rescue
Passengers
0
Crew
4
Fatalities
4
Survivors
0
On 24 February 1996 a Cuban Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29UB shot down two unarmed Cessna 337 Skymaster aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization opposed to the Cuban government. The Organisation of American States (OAS) reported that no warning was given; Cuban government sources said "These people knew what they were doing. They were warned", and that the aircraft had entered Cuban airspace. All the occupants of the aircraft were killed: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Jr., Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales. A third Cessna involved escaped. Previous similar flights had released propaganda leaflets over Cuba.
Map showing the southernmost positions (prior to the incident) of the three aircraft according to US and Cuban data.
Radar data and screen prints were provided by a United States Customs Service Supervisory Detection Systems Specialist who recorded the entire incident as it happened using data from a U.S. surveillance radar balloon in the Florida Keys.
The map shows the locations where the two aircraft were reportedly shot down. Finding many inconsistencies in US and Cuban data, the ICAO investigation determined the most likely location to be that determined from information from the ship Majesty of the Seas.
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