Polar 3
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Polar 3 was a Dornier 228 owned and operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute that was shot down south of Dakhla, Western Sahara by guerrillas of the Polisario Front on 24 February 1985.
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Shootdown | |
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Date | 24 February 1985 |
Summary | Shoot-down |
Site | Dakhla, Western Sahara 23.63°N 15.94°W / 23.63; -15.94 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Dornier 228-100 |
Operator | Alfred Wegener Institute |
Registration | D-IGVN |
Flight origin | Dakar-Yoff Airport, Senegal |
Destination | Lanzarote Airport, Canary Islands |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Survivors | 0 |
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Polar 2 and Polar 3 were the first German airplanes to reach the South Pole when they landed there in December 1984 and were returning from a five-month mission to the Antarctic, having been based at the Gondwana Station.[1] While in Antarctica, Polar 2 was damaged and the bulk of the survey work had to be carried out by Polar 3.[2]