Buffalo 461
Buffalo 461 was a Canadian military de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo assigned to the second United Nations Emergency Force force in Syria in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 340. Assigned to a peacekeeping force, Buffalo 461 was shot down by three Syrian missiles on August 9, 1974, killing all nine passengers and crew.
A similar de Havilland Canada CC-115. | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 August 1974 |
| Summary | Shot down by missiles |
| Site | Ad Dimas, Syria |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo |
| Operator | Canadian Forces |
| Registration | 115461 |
| Flight origin | Beirut International Airport, Lebanon |
| Destination | Damascus, Syria |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The loss of Buffalo 461 remains the largest single-incident loss of life in the history of Canadian peacekeeping operations.
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