Cham Wings A320 at Damascus on Feb 6th 2020, diverted due to military activity
Last Update: February 7, 2020 / 10:39:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 6, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cham Wings Airlines
Flight number
6Q-514
Departure
Al-Najaf, Iraq
Destination
Damascus, Syria
Aircraft Registration
YK-BAB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft remained on the ground in Latakia for about 100 minutes, then flew to Damascus as flight WN-622 (typo in the ICAO code for the transponder, SWA-622/WN-622 entered instead of SAW-622/6Q-622) and continued schedule.
Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed on Feb 7th 2020, that a quick thinking Syrian Air Traffic Controller prevented the aircraft from coming under fire by Syrian Air Defense who were responding to missile fire onto surbubs of Damascus. Russia claims, the eight missiles onto Damascus were launched by four Israeli F-16 fighter aircraft from outside Syria's airspace. The A320 was descending towards Damascus in the "zone of death" in the firing line of Syrian anti-aircraft defense systems, the quick reaction by ATC enabled the A320 to leave that zone in time.
Russia controls the area around Latakia and uses Latakia's Airport, also known as Khmeimim Air Base, as their main air base in Syria while engaging in Syria's Civil War.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 6, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cham Wings Airlines
Flight number
6Q-514
Departure
Al-Najaf, Iraq
Destination
Damascus, Syria
Aircraft Registration
YK-BAB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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