On 10 August 1999, IAF MiG-21s intercepted a Pakistan Navy Breguet Atlantique which was flying over Sir Creek, a disputed territory. The aircraft was shot down killing all 16 Pakistani Navy personnel on board.[75] India claimed that the Atlantic was on a mission to gather information on IAF air defence,[76] a charge emphatically rejected by Pakistan which argued that the unarmed aircraft was on a training mission.[77]