The previous crash Catastrophe involving ADC happened on 7 November 1996 ; 143 people were killed Killing when a Boeing 727 went down near Ejirin , losing Earnings_and_losses control Control after taking Action evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision .

The student said Statement that insurgent fighters just outside Aleppo who apparently were armed Connect with a heat-seeking missile fired Use_firearm it at a MIG fighter , and that the pilot dropped Self_motion a heat balloon as an evasive tactic , and that the missile followed Self_motion the balloon and then exploded Use_firearm adjacent to the university dormitories .