22.8.06

SOT strike again

The Sword Of Truth have struck again this time shooting down a HCSAF transport airliner taking off from Ladose AFB in eastern Ailier. The C-491 STOL airlifter had just taken off when it was struck by machine gun fire. It crashed beside the runway. Aboard were 27 HCSAF personnel, 5 were killed and the rest suffered a variety of injuries, some life threatening.

This photo was taken by the station CCTV after the crash.