In 1988, an American team was mobilized as part of a
locust control mission in West
Africa. On December 8 of the same year, two planes owned by T&G Aviation were commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development to spray the locusts. Taking off from
Dakar-Yoff Airport in
Dakar, Senegal, their goal was to land at
Agadir-Inezgane Airport in
Agadir, Morocco, to support efforts against locust spread in the
Souss region. Both Planes were following their flight plane on Airway Red 975 at an altitude of and were flying apart. The planes were attacked with
9K32 Strela-2 missiles by
POLISARIO troops. The main aircraft (N284) lost an engine and a wing, and then crashed near the
Moroccan Western Sahara Wall, killing all 5 crew members on board. The other aircraft (N90804) lost an engine and a part of a wing but managed to land in
Sidi Ifni. American sources stated that it is possible that the attackers mistook the planes for Moroccan military aircraft. ==References==