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The intercom was disabled due to the fire. Pilot Wing Commander Mohamed Keraidy refused to bail out as he tried to rescue his crew. It had a left engine fire and the bullets of the second navigator's gun were exploding. 1975 – Egyptian Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K11-16 Badger, 4403, crashed over the Menya area of Egypt.After pulling into Singapore to crane off the damaged helicopter, the warship sails west to Diego Garcia to receive a new Sea Sparrow mount. Fife's damage control teams quickly lash the UH-46 in place and all 16 personnel are rescued without serious injury. 1983 – A Boeing-Vertol UH-46 Sea Knight loses power on lift-off from the deck of Spruance-class destroyer USS Fife during her first deployment, strikes the NATO Sea Sparrow missile mount, leaving the stricken helicopter hanging over the ship's starboard side.1983 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, is shot down by Soviet fighter planes near Sakhalin and Moneron Island after straying into Soviet airspace all 269 people on board are killed.2006 – Iran Air Tours Flight 945, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes while attempting to land in Mashad, Iran, killing 28 of 154 on board.2007 – Radom Air Show crash: Two aerobatics aircraft collided during Radom Air Show, two pilots died in a crash.2009 – Slovak airline SkyEurope suspends operations.2012 – Heavy fighting takes place between Syrian government and rebel forces at the Syrian Air Force college at Rasm al-Abboud and at the Syrian Air Force base at Abu ad Duhur, and rebel forces overrun a government air defense building in Deir ez-zor.An archive of historical anniversaries that appeared on the Aviation Portal