On 24 February 1985 , the '' Polar 3 '' , a research airplane of the institute of the type Dornier 228 , was shot down by guerrillas of the Polisario Front over West Sahara . All three crew members died . '' Polar 3 '' , together with unharmed '' Polar 2 '' , was on its way back from Antarctica and had taken off in Dakar , Senegal , to reach Arrecife , Canary Islands
Polar 3
Polar 3
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research