- Title: SINAI DESERT: ISRAELI ARTILLERY SHOOT DOWN EGYPTIAN JET FIGHTER
- Date: 29th August 1967
- Summary: 1. AERIAL V..FROM PLANE SHOWS WRECKED EGYPTIAN AIRCRAFT SCATTERED AROUND 0.12 2. GROUND V..SCATTERED REMAINS OF AIRCRAFT 0.19 3. CU WRECKAGE AND BURNT-OUT PLANE 0.25 4. FULL CU BURNT-OUT AIRCRAFT 0.28 5. SV WRECK 0.33 6. SV MAN LOOKS AT WRECKAGE, PAN TO REMAINS 0.38 7. CU PAN..WRECKED FUSELAGE 0.43 8. SV PAN...WRECK 0.49 9. SV PART OF WING, PAN TO DEBRIS SCATTERED 0.54 10. SV PART OF CONTROLS OF PLANE 0.59 11. CU DIALS IN WRECKED COCKPIT 1.02 12. LV WRECK SCATTERED ABOUT 1.05 13. LV SKID MARKS ON GROUND PAN TO WRECKAGE 1.12 14. SV NOSE OF WRECKED AIRCRAFT 1.16 15. GV SCATTERED WRECKAGE 1.21 Initials PBS/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th September 1967 13:00
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- Location: BIR GAFGAFA, SINAI DESERT
- Country: Egypt
- Reuters ID: LVAAHHIJ354TZOOQ42HDHUS8OVB7
- Story Text: ISRAELI ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES ON SATURDAY NIGHT SHOT DOWN ONE OF TWO EGYPTIAN AIRCRAFT WHICH CROSSED PART OF THE SINAI DESERT OCCUPIED BY ISRAELI FORCES.
THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS BROUGHT DOWN WAS A SOVIET-BUILT SUCHOY. THE PILOT WAS KILLED IN THE ACTION.
THE INCIDENT WAS THE FIRST REPORTED EGYPTIAN INCURSION INTO ISRAELI-HELD TERRITORY SINCE LAST MONTH.
AN ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID THE TWO EGYPTIAN AIRCRAFT SWEPT LOW ACROSS THE DESERT. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT EVADED ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, AND FLEW BACK TO EGYPT PURSUED BY ISRAELI FIGHTERS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT FIRING BROKE OUT ON THE SUEZ CANAL, THE FIRST ARMED CLASH IN THE AREA FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE, NEAR ISMAILIA, LASTED AN HOUR.
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