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September 3, 1978: An Air Rhodesia Viscount passenger airliner crash landed after being hit by a MANPADS fired by Zimbabwe Peoples Revolution Army rebels. Four crew members and 32 of the 54 passengers were killed in the crash. 10 survivors were shot to death afterwards.
December 19, 1988: Two Douglas DC-7 spray aircraft, chartered by the U.S. Agency for International Development to eradicate locusts, en route from Senegal to Morocco, were struck by MANPADS fired by POLISARIO rebels in the Western Sahara. One DC-7 crashed killing all 5 crew members. The other DC-7 landed safely in Morocco.
April 6, 1994: A Dassault Mystere-Falcon 50 executive jet carrying the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi and its French flight crew was shot down over Kigali, killing all aboard and sparking massive ethnic violence and regional conflict.
October 10, 1998: A Boeing 727 airliner was downed over the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Tutsi rebels, killing 40.
December 26, 1998: A United Nations-chartered Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was shot down over Angola by UNITA rebels, killing 14.
January 2, 1999: A United Nations Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was shot down over Angola by UNITA rebels, killing 9.
November 28, 2002: Terrorists fired two MANPADS at an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-300 with 271 passengers and crew as it took off from Mombasa, Kenya. Both missiles missed.
November 22, 2003: A DHL Airbus A-300 cargo jet transporting mail in Iraq was struck and damaged by a MANPADS. Though hit in the left fuel tank, the plane was able to return to Baghdad airport and land safely.
from http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2005/Sep/21-544508.html