Pakistan Navy Atlantique shootdown | |||||||
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Part of Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts | |||||||
![]() A Pakistan Navy Breguet 1150 Atlantic | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister of India) ACM Anil Tipnis (Chief of Air Staff) |
Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) Adm. Fasih Bokhari (Chief of Naval Staff) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 MiG-21 Bis | 1 Atlantic-91N | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None |
5 naval officers killed 11 sailors killed |
The Atlantique incident[2] occurred on 10 August 1999, when a Breguet Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft of the Pakistan Naval Air Arm was shot down by a MiG-21 fighter of the Indian Air Force over the Rann of Kutch, on the border between India and Pakistan. Sixteen Pakistani personnel including the pilots were killed as a result.[3] The episode took place just a month after the Kargil War ended, aggravating already tense relations between the two countries.
Foreign diplomats based in Pakistan who were escorted to the site by the Pakistan Army noted that the plane may have crossed the border. They also believed that India's reaction was unjustified.[4] Pakistan later lodged a compensation claim at the International Court of Justice, blaming India for the incident, but the court dismissed the case, ruling that it had no jurisdiction in the matter.[5][6][7]
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