Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84 Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died Original Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/eugene-hasenfus-key-figure-1980s-iran-contra-affair-128041012