Editing Air Fiji Flight 27

{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name            = {{PAGENAME}}
| image           = Air Fiji Flight 27.jpg
| occurrence_type = Shootdown
| date            = {{start date|2014|3|13}}
| summary         = Shot down by [[Tanoanische Luftwaffe|Luftwaffe]] air-defense units of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
| site            = Jungle area near [[Vagalala]], [[Tanoa]]
| mapframe        = no
| aircraft_type   = Boeing 767-300ER
| operator        = [[Air Fiji]]
| plane1_IATA     = FJ27
| plane1_ICAO     = FIF27
| plane1_callsign = FIJI 27
| tail_number     = DQ-FJX
| origin          = [[Vriendendam Airport]], [[Netherlands]]
| destination     = [[Nadi International Airport]], [[Fiji]]
| occupants       = 214
| passengers      = 201
| crew            = 13
| fatalities      = 214
| survivors       = 0
}}

'''Air Fiji Flight 27''' was an intercontinental passenger flight operated by [[Air Fiji]] from [[Vriendendam Airport]] in the [[Netherlands]] to [[Nadi International Airport]] in [[Fiji]]. On 13 March 2014, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the flight was shot down near [[Tanoa]] and crashed in dense jungle terrain near the village of [[Vagalala]]. All 214 people on board were killed.

== Aircraft ==
The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300ER registered DQ-FJX. It was configured for long-haul international service. No mechanical irregularities were reported before departure.

== Incident ==
Flight 27 departed [[Vriendendam]] under the callsign ''FIJI 27'' and followed a southern long-haul routing toward Fiji. While transiting Tanoan-controlled airspace, the aircraft entered an undeclared restricted air-defense zone maintained by the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]].

According to later disclosures and resistance intelligence, the aircraft was engaged by a surface-to-air missile launched by [[Flugabwehrgruppen]] units operating under [[Tanoanische Luftwaffe|Luftwaffe]] authority. The aircraft broke apart and descended into jungle terrain several kilometers from [[Vagalala]].

The Einsatzgruppen publicly attributed the destruction of the aircraft to local resistance groups allegedly operating captured Luftwaffe equipment. Official communications described the event as an insurgent attack using stolen military hardware.

[[File:Air Fiji Flight 27 crashed .jpg|thumb|Crash site shortly after]]

Subsequent internal narratives and post-regime material linked the engagement directly to regime-controlled air-defense systems. No formal admission of responsibility was issued during the regime’s rule.

Due to the remote jungle environment and heavy regime security presence, independent access to the crash site near Vagalala was restricted. Recovery operations were limited and tightly controlled.

== Victims ==
All 214 occupants died in the crash. Among the passengers were the wife and two children of [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]]. Their deaths became a defining factor in his later actions against the regime.

== Political aftermath ==
Following the incident, the Einsatzgruppen expanded internal security operations and further restricted Tanoan airspace. Internationally, France and the United States provided equipment and logistical assistance to Tanoa, officially framed as counter-resistance support.

== Radicalization of Mark Hugerinus Paap ==
In 2019, [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]] attempted to enter [[Tanoa]] to investigate the destruction of Flight 27. He was ambushed by patrol units of the [[Tanoanische-Urwaldkorps]] and forced to retreat via [[Rereki]] to [[New Caledonia]].

After multiple failed attempts to access the island, Mark Hugerinus Paap and [[John Hugerinus Paap]] established the decentralized network later known as the [[Fish Collective]]. The name Fish Collective was adopted in 2021, after the group moved toward public identification and direct action. The organization later played a central role in exposing regime operations and contributing to the collapse of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]].

== See also ==
* [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
* [[Tanoanische Luftwaffe]]
* [[Flugabwehrgruppen]]
* [[Fish Collective]]
* [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]]
* [[John Hugerinus Paap]]

[[Category:Fish Collective]]
[[Category:Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]
[[Category:Vriend Era]]