Another high-profile incident relating to surface-to-air missiles involved a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which was shot down over Ukraine on July 17,2014.

El Al has used anti-missile countermeasures since the early 2000s. It equips aircraft operating on more sensitive routes with Elbit's C-MUSIC system.

A Boeing 737-800, UR-PSR (c/n 38124), was mistakenly shot down by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on January 8, 2020.