an RAF Sea King helicopter about two hours after the crash. March 10 – Shortly after taking off from Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport in Moroni, Comoros, on a maritime patrol mission over the Mozambique Channel, a French Navy Breguet 1150 Atlantic number 29 from Lann-Bihoué (France) flotilla 23F crashes into the mountain 15 kilometers (9.4 miles) from the airport, killing all 18 people on board. One engine caught fire shortly after take off. 18 May 1986 – While flying in cloud, a French Navy Atlantic crashed into a mountain in Djibouti, killing all 19 people on board. 10 August 1999 – At the Pakistani-Indian border, sixteen Pakistan Navy airmen were killed in what became known as the Atlantique incident; the Atlantic they were in was shot down by Indian air force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 by R-60 (missile) after it allegedly intruded into Indian airspace, just a month after the Kargil War. Specifications (Atlantique 2) See also References Citations Bibliography Aid, Matthew M. and Cees Wiebes. Secrets of Signals Intelligence During the Cold War: From Cold War to Globalization. Routledge, 2013. . Donald, David and Jon Lake. (editors). Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. London:Aerospace Publishing, Single Volume edition, 1996. . Elvert, Jürgen. Sylvain Schirmann, Peter Lang. Changing Times: Germany in 20th-Century Europe, Peter Lang, 2008. . Goldrick, James. No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945–1996. Lancer Publishers, 1997. . Harkavy, Robert E. Bases Abroad: The Global Foreign Military Presence, Oxford University Press, 1989. . Honig, Jan Willem. Defense Policy in the North Atlantic Alliance: The Case of the Netherlands, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993. . Lambert, Mark. (editor). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. . Nicolais, Luigi. Michele Meo and Eva Milella. Composite Materials: A Vision for the Future. Springer Science & Business Media, 2011. . Noonan, John Thomas. Bribes. University of California Press, 1987. . "The New Generation Atlantics". Air International, November 1981, Vol. 21 No. 5. pp. 213–218, 252–253. Taylor, John W. R. (editor). Jane's All the Worlds Aircraft 1988–89. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group, 1988. . Further reading External links Présentation des Atlantique 2 Site de la Marine nationale Industrie Konsortium SECBAT in der Betreuungsphase Beschreibung bei EADS Beschreibung der BR 1150 bei der Deutschen Marine Französische Seite mit Beschreibung der SECBAT https://web.archive.org/web/20061113132458/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/atlantique/index.html 1960s French patrol aircraft 1150 Twin-turboprop tractor aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Aircraft