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The Atlantique Incident was a major event in which a Pakistan Navy Breguet Atlantic (Breguet Br.1150 Atlantique) plane, flight Atlantic-91, was shot down by the Indian Air Force citing violation of airspace. The episode took place in the Rann of Kutch on August 10 1999 just a month after the Kargil War, creating a tense atmosphere between India and Pakistan. This was the Pakistani Navy's first and only loss of an airplane to hostile fire. (more...)