AeroParaboca Flight 8
 An AeroParaboca Toring 727 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Shootdown | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 May 2022 |
| Summary | Shot down by a missile fired from the Yuaneze naval vessel Kuanhang during the Jinchon Sea crisis |
| Site | Sancheon Gulf, near Gangkou |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Toring 727 |
| Operator | AeroParaboca |
| IATA flight No. | AP655 |
| ICAO flight No. | AP655 |
| Call sign | AEROPAR 655 |
| Flight origin | Siniapore International Airport Siniapore |
| Destination | Cardoza International Airport Cardoza, Paraboca |
| Occupants | 166 |
| Passengers | 156 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 166 |
| Survivors | 0 |
AeroParaboca Flight 8 was a scheduled passenger flight from Siniapore to Cardoza that was shot down on 19 May 2022 by a surface-to-air missile fired from Kuanhang, a guided-missile cruiser of the Yuan People's Liberation Navy. The aircraft, a Toring 727, was destroyed and all 166 people on board were killed. The jet was hit while flying over Gangkou's territorial waters in the Sancheon Gulf, along the flight's usual route, thirty minutes after departing Siniapore International Airport. The incident occurred during the Jinchon Sea crisis, which had been escalating in tension after the sinking of the Huangshan.
The Yuaneze government initially denied the shootdown, but President Xi Jingyi eventually admitted to it. Yuaneze officials claimed the plane was conducting "hostile surveillance" of Yuaneze naval vessels in the Jinchon Sea and Sancheon Gulf. However, the majority of the Coalition of Crown Albatross condemned the shootdown and several nations, including Siniapore and Paraboca, closed diplomatic contact with Yuan. The Yuaneze military asserts that the Kuanhang had made ten attempts to contact the aircraft both on military and on civilian frequencies, but had received no response. According to the Zamastanian navy, the cruiser negligently shot down the aircraft, which was transmitting signals that identified it as a civilian aircraft.