Shot down

Aircraft brought down by weapons: airliners that strayed into or over a conflict, and military aircraft lost in one. Each record links to the Wikipedia article it comes from.

The NTSB does not code these as a kind of event; the records come from Wikipedia articles whose infobox or title names it.

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• Running on empty Fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation: engines that stopped with the tanks dry, or with fuel that couldn't reach them.
• Into the cloud: VFR flight into instrument conditions Pilots flying by sight who continued into cloud or darkness. Few of these end well.
• Fire and explosion Fires and explosions before any impact: engines, cabins, cargo holds, wiring and fuel.
• Came apart in the air Structural failures in flight: wings, tails and doors that separated from the aircraft.